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Nona Name Meaning

Italian (Sicily): perhaps from Nona (Croatian Nin) a city in Dalmatia used as a personal name bestowed on foundlings. Assyrian/Chaldean: from a pet form of the Syriac personal name Yōnān ‘Jonah’ (see Yonan ) or from a Syriac form of the personal name Nonnos (from Latin Nonnus) borne by the bishop of Edessa a Christian saint who flourished in the 5th century.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Nonn, Nora, Lona, Noya, Dona, Mona, Nova, Bona, Noia, Cona

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You can see how Nona families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Nona family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most Nona families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there was 1 Nona family living in Wisconsin. This was 100% of all the recorded Nona's in USA. Wisconsin had the highest population of Nona families in 1880.
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There are 95 military records available for the last name Nona. For the veterans among your Nona ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1962 and 2002, in the United States, Nona life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1995, and highest in 1989. The average life expectancy for Nona in 1962 was 64, and 78 in 2002.

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