Nuněz

surname · Latin script

Nuněz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Nuno + -ez (“son of”).

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 57(measured from records)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 151
  • ARArgentina1 in 287

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

158,449 people

Sources
27 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 57 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nunez in US United States and Núñez in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Nuno + -ez (“son of”).

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nuněz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nuněz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina158,4491 in 287158K—1
US United States125,3501 in 2.7K129KNunez27
ES Spain94,7021 in 52895KNúñez8
UY Uruguay59,6631 in 5760K——
CR Costa Rica33,8271 in 15134K——
EC Ecuador30,5841 in 55331K——

158,449 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nuněz under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nuněz mean, and where does it come from?
From Nuno + -ez (“son of”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
In which country does Nuněz have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 158 thousand people named Nuněz, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Nuněz most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nuněz is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 57 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Nuněz?
In Argentina, the national register counted 158,449 people named Nuněz, about 1 in 287 residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nuněz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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