Nuñoz Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Nuñoz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 39 | 1:3,182,723 | 23,538 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Colombia | 26 | 1:1,837,464 | 11,767 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Nunoz (274) & Ñuñoz (5) are calculated separately.
Nuñoz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuñoz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nuñoz is held by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Nunoz or Ñuñoz. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuñoz? popularity and diffusion
Nuñoz is the 1,409,418th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. Nuñoz is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Nuñoz are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 25 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
It is most common in Mexico, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 3,182,723. In Mexico it is mostly found in: Guanajuato, where 13 percent live, México, where 13 percent live and Chiapas, where 10 percent live. Beside Mexico Nuñoz occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 20 percent live and Colombia, where 17 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nuñoz
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