Nunez Surname
Approximately 162,659 people bear this surname
Nunez Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from the word nueve, meaning '9' in Spanish.
Nunez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102,567 | 1:3,534 | 377 |
| Dominican Republic | 25,945 | 1:402 | 78 |
| Ecuador | 6,055 | 1:2,627 | 466 |
| Bolivia | 5,769 | 1:1,840 | 348 |
| Argentina | 4,405 | 1:9,703 | 934 |
| Brazil | 3,092 | 1:69,235 | 2,574 |
| Philippines | 2,118 | 1:47,799 | 7,782 |
| Uruguay | 1,925 | 1:1,783 | 222 |
| France | 1,487 | 1:44,669 | 5,677 |
| Belize | 1,244 | 1:286 | 34 |
| Mexico | 1,160 | 1:107,005 | 3,866 |
| Canada | 929 | 1:39,662 | 4,958 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Colombia | 481 | 1:99,322 | 3,609 |
| Puerto Rico | 418 | 1:8,493 | 465 |
| Senegal | 391 | 1:37,287 | 706 |
| England | 298 | 1:186,973 | 16,679 |
| Australia | 270 | 1:99,984 | 11,306 |
| Venezuela | 257 | 1:117,526 | 4,013 |
| Peru | 255 | 1:124,644 | 7,209 |
| Belgium | 205 | 1:56,081 | 9,087 |
| Spain | 171 | 1:273,404 | 16,997 |
| Germany | 168 | 1:479,199 | 41,567 |
| Thailand | 160 | 1:441,490 | 77,308 |
| Switzerland | 154 | 1:53,331 | 6,932 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Honduras | 133 | 1:66,289 | 1,416 |
| Guatemala | 112 | 1:143,595 | 3,344 |
| Sweden | 98 | 1:100,477 | 7,289 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 96 | 1:14,208 | 1,834 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Italy | 92 | 1:664,747 | 58,468 |
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| Paraguay | 80 | 1:90,459 | 2,176 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Chile | 73 | 1:241,322 | 7,329 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Panama | 50 | 1:78,245 | 3,248 |
| Cuba | 48 | 1:240,057 | 4,737 |
| Norway | 39 | 1:131,853 | 17,004 |
| Jamaica | 38 | 1:75,525 | 3,602 |
| Austria | 37 | 1:230,147 | 27,778 |
| Taiwan | 36 | 1:651,243 | 4,752 |
| Japan | 34 | 1:3,760,126 | 35,803 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Cayman Islands | 30 | 1:2,130 | 271 |
| Nicaragua | 29 | 1:207,624 | 2,574 |
| Aruba | 28 | 1:3,696 | 529 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Iceland | 20 | 1:19,004 | 1,557 |
| Gibraltar | 19 | 1:1,787 | 420 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 11 | 1:4,962 | 486 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Núnez (61), Ñunez (35), Nuńez (10), Nùnez (5), Nuněz (2), Nunéz (1), Nùñez (176), Ñuñez (52), Nuñéz (11), Núńez (3), Nüñez (3), Nuñëz (1), Núñéz (1) & Ñùñez (1) are calculated separately.
Nunez (1,072) may also be a first name.
Nunez Surname Meaning
Nunez Demographics
Average Nunez Salary in
United States
$36,978 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nunez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nunez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nunez (Russian: Нуньез) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Núnez, Ñunez, Nuńez, Nùnez, Nuněz, Nunéz, Nùñez, Ñuñez, Nuñéz, Núńez, Nüñez, Nuñëz, Núñéz or Ñùñez. For other potential spellings of Nunez click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nunez? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,439th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,803 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Nunez live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 244,199th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,072 people.
The surname Nunez is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 102,567 people, or 1 in 3,534. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 28 percent reside, Texas, where 14 percent reside and New York, where 12 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 123 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 16 percent reside and Ecuador, where 4 percent reside.
Nunez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Nunez last name is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Nunez last name are 42.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96% being registered with the party.
The amount Nunez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 64.28% less than the national average, earning €10,728 per year; in Norway they earn 1.35% less than the national average, earning 341,399 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 77.56% more than the national average, earning R 421,944 per year; in United States they earn 14.3% less than the national average, earning $36,978 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.37% more than the national average, earning $50,366 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nunez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nunez in the Russian language | ||
| Нуньез | nunez | - |
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