Nuns Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Nuns Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 203 | 1:327,206 | 49,567 |
| South Africa | 59 | 1:918,266 | 58,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Cambodia | 13 | 1:1,191,319 | 5,802 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Nuns (70) may also be a first name.
Nuns Demographics
Average Nuns Salary in
United States
$27,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nuns Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuns Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nuns (Marathi: नुन्स) is found most in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuns? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 675,256th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. The last name Nuns is mostly found in Europe, where 41 percent of Nuns are found; 40 percent are found in Western Europe and 39 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,162,016th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 70 people.
The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 327,206. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 68 percent live, Réunion, where 15 percent live and Île-de-France, where 11 percent live. Outside of France this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
Nuns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nuns has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nuns surname increased 105 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nuns Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Nuns earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.94% less than the national average, earning R 202,140 per year and in United States they earn 35.21% less than the national average, earning $27,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nunns | 89 | 1,344 | / |
| Nunse | 89 | 152 | / |
| Nouns | 89 | 24 | / |
| Neuns | 89 | 13 | / |
| Nauns | 89 | 4 | / |
| Nunss | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nunst | 89 | 1 | / |
| Neunse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nounns | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nunsht | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nons | 75 | 1,225 | / |
| Nunz | 75 | 102 | / |
| Nums | 75 | 44 | / |
| Nuytens | 73 | 505 | / |
| Nuttens | 73 | 338 | / |
| Neutens | 73 | 74 | / |
| Neusens | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nuggins | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gnusins | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nunsche | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nussens | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuttins | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuyttens | 67 | 1,443 | / |
| Noens | 67 | 1,329 | / |
| Noons | 67 | 188 | / |
| Ngunz | 67 | 99 | / |
| Nonås | 67 | 44 | / |
| Neunz | 67 | 42 | / |
| Nunce | 67 | 26 | / |
| Nuijtens | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nunje | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nunch | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nunze | 67 | 6 | / |
| Neums | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuims | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nujttens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nunnz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naums | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nonns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nunzh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouchens | 67 | 0 | / |
Nuns Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nuns in the Marathi language | ||
| नुन्स | nunsa | 94.12 |
| नुंस | nunsa | 5.88 |
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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 Nuns
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