Ñuñoz Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Ñuñoz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ñuñoz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511

The alternate forms: Nuñoz (154) & Nunoz (274) are calculated separately.

Ñuñoz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ñuñoz has its highest incidence in Colombia. It can occur as a variant: Nuñoz or Nunoz. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ñuñoz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Ñuñoz occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ñuñoz live; 80 percent live in South America and 40 percent live in Caribbean South America.

Ñuñoz is most common in Colombia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 23,887,036. In Colombia it is mostly found in: Arauca Department, where 50 percent reside and Cauca Department, where 50 percent reside. Barring Colombia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 20 percent reside and Mexico, where 20 percent reside.

Ñuñoz Last Name Statistics demography

Ñuñoz earn around the same as the average income. In Colombia they earn 0.15% more than the national average, earning $22,736,100 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuñoz93154/
Ñuño891/
Nunoz87274/
Ñuñez8052/
Nueñoz7312/
Nuñoez732/
Nuño6723,436/
Nuñz676/

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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 Ñuñoz
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