Nóvoa Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Nóvoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Novoa (77,167) & Novôa (5) are calculated separately.
Nóvoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nóvoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nóvoa is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Novoa or Novôa. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nóvoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nóvoa is the 1,181,191st most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname Nóvoa occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Nóvoa are found; 83 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Portugal, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 78,926. Excluding Portugal it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novoa | 93 | 77,167 | / |
| Nóvoas | 91 | 38 | / |
| Novôa | 87 | 5 | / |
| Navoa | 80 | 1,588 | / |
| Nuvoa | 80 | 40 | / |
| Nóboa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Novoas | 73 | 17 | / |
| Novoha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nuvoha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Navoya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Novuoa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nouvoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Navoua | 73 | 2 | / |
| Navoja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Novooa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngavoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nava | 67 | 353,616 | / |
| Nova | 67 | 80,715 | / |
| Novo | 67 | 24,963 | / |
| Noba | 67 | 11,766 | / |
| Nowa | 67 | 7,367 | / |
| Navo | 67 | 5,651 | / |
| Nóvé | 67 | 88 | / |
| Nuva | 67 | 59 | / |
| Nuvo | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ngavoua | 67 | 37 | / |
| Nõva | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngavoah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nôvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nahavoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnavoua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nóvi | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nóvoa
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