Find out how popular the last name Gonzalez Nuñez is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Gonzalez Nuñez.

Gonzalez Nuñez, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Gonzalez Nuñez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gonzalez Nuñez in America

Gonzalez Nuñez is the 133048th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gonzalez Nuñez surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Gonzalez Nuñez.

The history of the last name Gonzalez Nuñez

The surname GONZALEZNUNEZ has its origins in Spain and dates back to the 12th century. It is a double-barrelled surname, formed by the combination of the two separate surnames Gonzalez and Nunez. The first part, Gonzalez, is derived from the medieval Spanish given name Gonzalo, which itself comes from the Germanic name Gundisalvus, meaning "battle protection".

The second part of the surname, Nunez, is a patronymic name that was originally formed by adding the suffix "-ez" (meaning "son of") to the given name Nuno or Nuño. This given name is believed to have derived from the Latin name Nunnus, which was a nickname meaning "little nun".

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname GONZALEZNUNEZ can be found in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a medieval census-tax document from the 14th century. This document mentions a certain Pedro Gonzalez Nunez who was a landowner in the region of Castile.

During the 15th century, the GONZALEZNUNEZ surname appears in several historical records from the Kingdom of Aragon, including a reference to a military commander named Juan Gonzalez Nunez who fought in the Conquest of Granada in 1492.

In the 16th century, a notable figure was Álvaro Gonzalez Nunez, a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the exploration and conquest of parts of modern-day Mexico and Guatemala in the early 1500s.

Another historically significant individual with this surname was Pedro Gonzalez Nunez, a 17th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and linguist who worked among the indigenous populations of present-day Paraguay and helped document several native languages.

In the 18th century, a prominent figure was Rodrigo Gonzalez Nunez, a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of several provinces in Spanish America, including Puerto Rico and Guatemala.

During the 19th century, a notable bearer of the GONZALEZNUNEZ surname was Joaquín Gonzalez Nunez, a Spanish writer and journalist who was active in the literary circles of Madrid in the mid-1800s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gonzalez Nuñez

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Gonzalez Nuñez.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Gonzalez Nuñez was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Gonzalez Nuñez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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