Nuquez Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Nuquez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuquez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador3241:49,0924,687
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Nuquez Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nuquez is carried by more people in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuquez? popularity and diffusion

It is the 837,371st most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Nuquez are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Andean South America.

Nuquez is most numerous in Ecuador, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 49,092. In Ecuador it is mostly found in: Guayas Province, where 89 percent live, Los Ríos Province, where 6 percent live and Pichincha Province, where 4 percent live. Aside from Ecuador this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuque912,336/
Nuqez9140/
Nuique831,665/
Nuques83948/
Neuque83386/
Nudque83135/
Nauque8368/
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Niquez8317/
Nunque8315/
Nuyque836/
Nuquet836/
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Nuquie836/
Nuguez834/
Nóquez831/
Nuquer831/
Nuqe801/
Nouguez7748/
Neusque771/
Nuquest770/
Nuqui736,019/
Nugue73615/
Nguqe73106/
Nukue7325/
Nuquí732/
Nucez731/
Nuqes731/
Nousquer711/
Nugues671,013/
Nukuea67779/
Nougue67390/
Nuquay6785/
Nuscue6766/
Nuquoi6764/
Nicuez6742/
Ñunque6728/
Nuigue6725/
Niques6721/
Nogque6712/
Nuquit677/
Nuquid676/
Noukue674/
Neugue673/
Nukuhe673/
Nouqué672/
Nokuez671/
Nuquio671/
Nuugwe671/
Nuquis671/
Nocuez671/
Ñusque671/
Naugue670/

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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 Nuquez
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