The Nogueira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,957 people carried this name — #15,074 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 37% from 1,430 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,445 people named Nogueira live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,088 people named Nogueira live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 237 people named Nogueira.
Most of them — 168 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Nogueira in American newspapers,
1909–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 863 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nogueira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira 1695–1748 · Catholic priest -
Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama 1765–1847 · politician -
Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira 1795–1876 · military personnel -
Nicolau Antônio Nogueira Vale da Gama 1802–1897 · politician -
Brás Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama 1812–1887 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 242 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nogueira.
- Nochez 245 · U.S. census
- Nock 2,191 · U.S. census
- Noe 11,182 · U.S. census
- Noel 31,768 · U.S. census
- Noell 1,862 · U.S. census
- Noga 1,727 · U.S. census
- Noguera 2,237 · U.S. census
- Nogues 252 · U.S. census
- Noguez 863 · U.S. census
- Nohe 218 · U.S. census
- Noirot 180 · U.S. census
- Noisette 296 · U.S. census
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