Nun Forename
64,907th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 9,161 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cambodia
Nun Forename Definition:
Nun, son, posterity, durable. The son of Elishamah, and father of Joshua. Num. xiii. 8, 16.
Nun Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 56% | 2,198 | 1:117,363 | 12,812 |
| Cambodia | 55% | 1,946 | 1:8,362 | 1,121 |
| Thailand | 67% | 1,643 | 1:42,645 | 4,812 |
| India | 60% | 1,191 | 1:1,020,049 | 66,349 |
| Vietnam | 75% | 668 | 1:138,657 | 1,108 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Malaysia | 66% | 268 | 1:113,619 | 7,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 230 | 1:35,445 | 3,506 |
| United States | - | 126 | 1:2,877,278 | 42,634 |
| Ivory Coast | 54% | 114 | 1:202,420 | 10,069 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 40 | 1:4,439,109 | 68,387 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Iraq | 67% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Philippines | 78% | 22 | 1:4,818,613 | 84,327 |
| Afghanistan | 61% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Tunisia | 80% | 12 | 1:56,408 | 2,773 |
| Mexico | 90% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Brazil | - | 9 | 1:23,804,017 | 218,524 |
| Israel | 73% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Venezuela | 84% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Taiwan | - | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Armenia | 80% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Honduras | 50% | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Russia | 50% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Canada | - | 5 | 1:6,626,674 | 58,631 |
| England | 67% | 5 | 1:11,120,584 | 76,686 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Australia | - | 4 | 1:3,414,406 | 25,298 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| South Africa | 50% | 2 | 1:27,266,324 | 304,698 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Switzerland | 50% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Sweden | - | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Italy | 60% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Germany | 50% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
Nun (9,446) may also be a surname.
Nun Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nun, son, posterity, durable. The son of Elishamah, and father of Joshua. Num. xiii. 8, 16.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: perpetuity.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Nun Forename Popularity
Nun Demographics
Average Nun Salary in
United States
$37,478 USD
Per year
Rank:
289,550 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.54611E-5
Rank: 43,253 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
86.1%
Sample size: 78 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Nun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nun in the Russian language | ||
| Нун | nun | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nun