The Nunez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 125,350 people carried this name — #242 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,350 people counted. That is up 39% from 90,208 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Nunez surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Nuño + -ez, the first element from Latin nonnus (“monk”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Nunez» (English) and «Núñez» (Spanish), 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 158,873 people named Nunez 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
671 people named Nunez live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 549 people named Nunez.
239 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
115 people named Nunez is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Nunez in American newspapers,
1889–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,901 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nunez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alcide Nunez 1884–1934 · composer -
Joe Nuñez 1950– · actor -
Sigrid Nunez 1951– · writer -
Steve Warky Nunez 1980– · actor -
Samuel Nunez 1668–1744 · physician
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Nicolas Nunez 1885–1942 · cobbler
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 56 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nunez.
- Nucera 106 · U.S. census
- Nuevo 252 · U.S. census
- Nuez 281 · U.S. census
- Nuffer 452 · U.S. census
- Numa 376 · U.S. census
- Nunes 12,191 · U.S. census
- Nusbaum 2,716 · U.S. census
- Nuss 3,765 · U.S. census
- Nussbaum 4,321 · U.S. census
- Nussbaumer 484 · U.S. census
- Nuti 275 · U.S. census
- Nuzzo 2,021 · U.S. census
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