Nunhofer Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Croatia

Nunhofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nunhofer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil451:4,757,207124,005
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
England151:3,714,537119,675
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Croatia61:704,76744,411
France21:33,211,361423,184

The alternate forms: Nunhöfer (9) are calculated separately.

Nunhofer Last Name Facts

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

Nunhofer occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Nunhöfer. Click here for further potential spellings of Nunhofer.

How Common Is The Last Name Nunhofer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,691,963rd most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Nunhofer is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Nunhofer reside; 39 percent reside in South America and 39 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 4,757,207. In Brazil Nunhofer is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 56 percent live, Paraná, where 27 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 11 percent live. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 34 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nunhöfer969/
Neunhofer941/
Neunhoffer8967/
Neunhoeffer8475/
Neunhöfer8214/
Neumhofer822/
Nuenhefer820/
Ninofer805/
Neunhöffer7846/
Ninoffer754/
Nounafere711/
Nunoofio63418/
Nonofa5727/
Nonofy571/
Nonoifa531/
Nunafai531/

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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
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  • 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 Nunhofer
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