de Nuñez Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

de Nuñez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Nuñez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: de Nunez (107), de Núñez (6) & de Nùñez (1) are calculated separately.

de Nuñez (111) may also be a first name.

de Nuñez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Nuñez Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Nuñez occurs in The Dominican Republic more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: de Nunez, de Núñez or de Nùñez. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Nuñez? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,943,350th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name de Nuñez is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of de Nuñez reside; 67 percent reside in Caribbean and 67 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 890,531st most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 111 people.

It is most frequently used in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 168,273. Besides The Dominican Republic this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 11 percent are found and Argentina, where 5 percent are found.

de Nuñez Last Name Statistics demography

de Nuñez earn less than half the average income. In Peru they earn 56.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,424 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Nunez96107/
de Núñez966/
de Nùñez961/
Denuñez931/
de Nañez881/
de Nuñes881/
Denunez80114/
de Nunes75198/
de Nunce756/
de Nunse753/
De-Nunez753/
de Nanez751/
de Nenez751/
de Nunzio71883/
Dnunez713/
de Nanuzi712/
de Nunues711/
de Anunzio6727/
da Nunz6715/
Denunes674/
Danunez673/
de O Nunes672/
de A-Nunes671/
Denuniz671/
Denenzo671/
Denenza671/

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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 de Nuñez
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