Nunes is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nunes
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nunes

How popular is Nunes?

Nunes is common in Brazil.

Nunes is ranked 499 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nuneses grew by 10.01715 per cent to 12191 since 2000 and ranked 2942 after elevating 51 spots. The last name was found in around 41 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.95 70.44
Hispanic or Latino 20.09 19.03
Black 5.41 3.2
Others 2.68 5.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.57 1.24
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.33
Nunes is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Portugal is ahead in terms of density. Around 1001426 people have been found who wears Nunes as their family name. Nunes is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
3,712 Iceland10
1,005 Cayman Islands7
88,966 Czech Republic7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
122,390 Belarus4
2,011 South Korea4
107 Guinea-Bissau4
15,749 Finland3
16,136 Kenya3
1,169 Montenegro3
35,184 Poland3
3,224 Afghanistan3
941 Liberia3
3,707 Malawi3
1,753 Cuba2
18,718 Thailand2
5,817 Albania2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
1,389 Barbados2
5,298 Botswana2
54,135 Philippines2
485 Dominica2
1,328 Congo2
11,224 Cameroon2
41,879 Turkey2
1,472 The Bahamas2
6,900 Oman2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
5,859 Mauritius2
34,572 Israel2
14,004 Hungary2
28,232 Morocco2
5,671 Guatemala2
2,309 Monaco1
2,211 Brunei1
1,879 Belize1
215 Palau1
17,768 Pakistan1
123,175 Tanzania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
53,033 Nigeria1
16,228 Bulgaria1
3,586 Honduras1
2,715 Gabon1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,814 Romania1
13,447 Uganda1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,073 Latvia1
1,970 Grenada1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,859 Iraq1
16,283 Lithuania1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
186,944 Russia50
4,813 Hong Kong47
493 United States Virgin Islands30
337 Andorra29
595 Jersey28
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
20,233 Denmark25
11,685 Singapore24
3,334 Costa Rica19
4,554 Senegal14
3,605 China12
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,582 Bahrain98
19,607 Greece98
7,803 Norway98
4,105 Wales90
8,515 New Zealand83
6,953 Scotland72
1,999 Nicaragua54
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Nunes:
75 Cape Verde981
448 Jamaica875
1,137 Switzerland819
3,694 Peru798
1,136 Dominican Republic757
15,454 Italy683
1,629 Bolivia681
3,457 Colombia629
4,339 Netherlands607
983 Uruguay440
2,634 Chile423
4,246 Belgium408
7,326 Australia392
2,761 United Arab Emirates375
89 São Tomé and Príncipe374
287 Swaziland364
227 Macau322
40,042 Indonesia244
4,084 Ecuador230
1,705 El Salvador215
955 Trinidad and Tobago215
2,223 Ireland207
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
17,017 Spain187
1,918 Panama179
2,148 Namibia163
861 Guyana160
865 Suriname133
305 Luxembourg132
9,948 Austria131
1,946 Qatar126
8,002 Sweden116
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Nunes:
1,252 South Africa5,333
744 Venezuela5,168
1,310 France5,021
3,714 Germany2,387
64 East Timor2,334
2,125 Argentina2,255
3,477 England2,194
19,833 India2,114
2,508 Canada1,967
4,097 Mexico1,623
498 Paraguay1,417
Countries with ten thousands of Nunes:
30 Portugal60,978
44 Angola46,619
136 Mozambique25,791
2,761 United States14,538
Countries with hundred thousands of Nunes:
30 Brazil807,934
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Nunes
Nunes is the Spanish form of nun in religious french old, name of ecclesiastical dignity employed as a nickname.

Nunes Namesakes

  • Adalberto Nunes da Silva, Soccer player
  • Adelino Nunes, Soccer player
  • Vasco Nunes, Cinematographer
  • Agenor Nunes de Maria, Politician
  • Airas Nunes, Poet
  • Jorge Amado Nunes, Soccer player
  • Amanda Nunes, Mixed martial artist
  • Amaury Nunes, Soccer player
  • João Nunes, Soccer player
  • Apolónio Areas Nunes, Pedro Nunes' son
  • Julia Nunes played the critical character of Renee O'Dowd in 2009 comedy and drama movie Beer Pong Trilogy.
  • In 2014 horror movie, See How They Run, Michelle Nunes characterized Dana.

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