Nueces Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

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

Nueces Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nueces Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Nueces Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nueces occurs most in The Dominican Republic. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nueces? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,580,327th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Nueces reside; 70 percent reside in Caribbean and 70 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 267,511. Excluding The Dominican Republic this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.

Nueces Last Name Statistics demography

Nueces earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.98% less than the national average, earning $18,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuece911/
Nueses831/
Nouces831/
Nieces831/
Neices830/
Noueche772/
Nauches771/
Nuessce771/
Neuches770/
Nuesa73194/
Nuese73193/
Nuice7315/
Nueze736/
Nueße735/
Nueci731/
Neicesse716/
Noueched714/
Nouetche711/
Nautches710/
Nuessess710/
Neichesh710/
Neises671,610/
Nauses67235/
Neyses67200/
Nuesse67180/
Neuses67133/
Nweche6781/
Nauzes6747/
Nouses6743/
Nwuese6732/
Nnueze6722/
Niceas678/
Nueser677/
Nasees676/
Nuehse676/
Nuisee675/
Nwekes674/
Neuzes673/
Neazes673/
Nuises671/
Naices671/
Nuesis671/
Nouesi671/
Nuesha671/
Nveesa671/
Nuesey670/
Nuyses670/
Nouese670/
Noyces670/
Naucis670/

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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 Nueces
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