The Nucera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 106 people carried this name — #153,769 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 121 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nucera surname
Variant of Nocera.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nucera» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 135 people named Nucera live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Nucera live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Nucera.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Nucera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Nucera 1928–2000 · writer
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Salvino Nucera 1952– · poet
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Diana Nucera 1981– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nucera.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Nucera is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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