# Nogueira (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nogueira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,957 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,074 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 157,765 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (1,430 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nogueira in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nogueira in Brazil and Spain.

## People named Nogueira

- Everton Nogueira, Brazilian association football player
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He is widely considered one of the greatest he
- Lucas Nogueira, Brazilian basketball player (born 1992)
- Ariel Nogueira, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Brazilian actress
- Paulinho Nogueira, Brazilian musician (1929–2003)
- João Nogueira, Brazilian composer and singer (1941-2000)
- Juan Nogueira, Brazilian boxer
- Adriane Lopes, Brazilian politician, mayor of the city of Campo Grande
- Helena Ranaldi, Brazilian actress
- Hugo Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Joanna, Brazilian singer

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Noguera, Nocera, Najera, Nazario, Nigro, Nasser, Nassar, Najar, Nasir, Negri, Najjar, Naser.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.