Nurse is used as a family name or surname in Barbados. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nurse
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Barbados
Meaning: English name that designates a priori a nurse, but could be a variant of Norris (= the one who comes from the north).

How popular is Nurse?

Nurse is common in Barbados.

Nurse is ranked 28942 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nurses grew by 11.39544 per cent to 2786 since 2000 and ranked 11327 after elevating 203 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 69.02 66.49
White 21.18 24.11
Hispanic or Latino 7 4.92
Others 2.3 4.16
Nurse is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 17446 people have been found who wears Nurse as their family name. Nurse is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
5,340 Iceland6
615,517 Russia6
1,346 Bermuda6
23,739 Nigeria5
2,011 South Korea4
1,549 Suriname3
20,541 Peru3
14,193 Egypt3
9,500 Ghana3
7,294 Kuwait3
7,993 Jordan3
22,232 Morocco3
108,034 Italy3
10,329 Pakistan3
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
17,547 Colombia2
21,929 Algeria2
23,858 Iran2
65,594 Belgium2
1,777 Jersey2
8,995 Uganda2
5,318 Iraq2
35,969 Denmark2
50,640 Switzerland2
41,879 Turkey2
21,562 Portugal1
746 Dominica1
2,196 Liberia1
49,529 Israel1
19,810 Croatia1
120,357 Argentina1
16,228 Bulgaria1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,589 Sudan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
1,005 The Gambia1
14,644 Tunisia1
2,211 Brunei1
7,314 Bolivia1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,292 Vietnam1
10,190 Bahrain1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
587 Saint Lucia50
6,873 Ireland44
305 Antigua and Barbuda41
188,148 Indonesia36
503 Grenada31
493 United States Virgin Islands30
8,720 Qatar29
344,912 India28
60,950 Spain28
4,169 Cyprus26
42,407 Sweden22
15,050 Singapore18
2,892 China15
4,648 Costa Rica11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
2,516 Hong Kong95
28,801 Netherlands84
2,536 Northern Ireland83
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Nurse:
16,159 Philippines902
114 Guyana891
230 Trinidad and Tobago858
5,603 Saudi Arabia616
6,932 Australia416
30,072 Brazil397
11,492 Kenya392
34,330 Germany303
1,356 Wales293
16,087 Mexico236
1,267 Jamaica232
623 Thailand180
8,460 Venezuela176
3,381 Dominican Republic144
3,641 Oman124
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
4,818 Scotland118
84,907 France110
7,009 New Zealand104
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Nurse:
10,902 United States3,322
2,483 England3,200
3,848 Canada1,197
6,027 South Africa1,078
42 Barbados1,008
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 19 years old spinster Susan Nurse who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on June 7, 1850 by Hannah put out from Limerick. Thomas Nurse, aged 16, Samuel Nurse (20) Workman, are other Nurse that migrated to US.

Nurse Namesakes

  • Cristy Nurse, Rower
  • Darnell Nurse, Ice hockey player
  • Deland Nurse, Film director
  • Denise Nurse, Entrepreneur
  • Kia Nurse, Basketball player
  • Kia Nurse, Basketball player
  • Mel Nurse, Soccer player
  • Kia Nurse, Basketball player
  • Roberto Nurse, Soccer player
  • Raquel Nurse, Donovan McNabb's wife

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