Nunn Surname

14,081st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Nunn Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the nun'; v. Nunns. Possibly sometimes a nickname for a man of demure and devout demeanour.

Alice le Nonne, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Nonne, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Nunn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,1761:17,1162,169
England10,2501:5,436758
Australia4,5171:5,976874
Canada1,2531:29,4063,850
South Africa4771:113,58013,626
Germany4291:187,65821,804
New Zealand2961:15,2982,660
Scotland2251:23,7952,642
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Wales1671:18,5301,992
Swaziland1521:8,541460
India581:13,225,265229,403
Spain411:1,140,29440,056
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Ireland301:156,9657,012
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Norway191:270,64728,127
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
France151:4,428,181244,602
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
China51:273,464,31313,838
Malta41:107,5681,849
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,2221:4,668705
Wales281:56,0152,800
Scotland251:149,7296,268
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0381:16,5302,105

Nunn (91) may also be a first name.

Nunn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the nun'; v. Nunns. Possibly sometimes a nickname for a man of demure and devout demeanour.

Alice le Nonne, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Nonne, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Margaret Nunne, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1614. Married — Thomas Jenkins and Abigaell Nunn: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1746. — Edmund Nunn and Mary Park: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Latin) 1 Nun (a nickname; and prob. applied to the children of a married woman after she had taken the monastic vow) [Middle English Old English nunne, Low Latin nunna, nonna] 2 Monk [from Low Latin nonn-us, a monk] (English) a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon (royal) pers. name Nunna [prob. from Low Latin nonn-us, a monk, father] ‘Ego Nunna rex Súþsaxonum . . .’ (A.D. 692).—Cart. Sax., No. 78.

rarely (Hebrew) the Hebrew Nun [from Hebrew nún, to sprout, flourish] Joshua, the son of Nun.—Ex. 33. 11.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of a nun; descendant of Nunna (monk); a nickname given to a demure man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Flemish, Nanno, Nanne; from the German, Nunn; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Nunn is an old Anglo - Saxon personal name. In the reign of James I. the Nunns had property in Southwood (G.). Simon Nunne of Ringsfield owned Wryngeys in Beeston in the reign of Henry VIII. (P.). Four centuries ago there was a George Nunne in Hawsted (Cullum's "Hawsted"). The Nunns are also now represented in Essex.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

The surname 'Nunn' is derived from an occupation and means 'nun'. Known Nunns include reality star Natalie Nunn and basketball player Kendrick Nunn.

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Nunn Last Name Facts

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

Nunn (Arabic: نن, Hindi: नुन्न, Russian: Нунн) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nunn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 14,081st most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 184,136 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Nunn reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Nunn is also the 998,282nd most common forename globally, held by 91 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 21,176 people, or 1 in 17,116. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Nunn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nunn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nunn surname increased 697 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 900 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 596 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 14 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Nunn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nunn surname is principally Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Nunn surname are 15.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nunn earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 287.86% more than the national average, earning 1,342,300 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 117.68% more than the national average, earning R 517,284 per year; in United States they earn 7.31% less than the national average, earning $39,993 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% more than the national average, earning $51,778 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nunnh891/
Naunn891/
Ngunn891/
Nounn890/
Nuinn890/
Nun869,446/
Neumnn805/
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D'Nunn801/
Hnaunn801/
Nusenn800/
Nune7510,384/
Noun758,626/
Nung758,101/
Ngun756,572/
Nuhn752,480/
Nonn752,012/
Neun751,606/
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Numn754/
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Nuttenn731/
Naung6743,260/
Nhung6710,056/
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Ngoun671,577/
Nusen671,501/
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Ngaun6727/
Nuncq6726/
Nuten6725/
Numng6710/
N'Non679/
Hnoun677/
Nusyn677/
Nuink677/
Naumn676/
Gnung674/
Nugne674/
Naunt674/
Nutyn674/
Hnuin674/
Noonn673/
Nount673/
Nungh673/
Naund672/
Nuunt672/
Nuung672/
Nnune672/
Nusne672/
Nunhe672/
Nnoun672/
N'Oun671/
Nuynk671/
Neuhn671/
Nhoun671/
Nhuyn671/
Noumn671/
Nucin671/
Nuint671/
Nunht671/
Nngun671/
Noujn671/
Nundt671/
Nucen671/
Numne671/
Ånund671/
Nhune671/
Nungg671/
Nunhs671/
Neumn671/
Nhusn671/
Gnaun670/
Nuntt670/

Nunn Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nunn in the Hindi language
नुन्नnunna75
नून्नnunna25
Nunn in the Russian language
Нуннnunn-
Nunn in the Arabic language
ننnn-

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Nunn Reference & Research

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