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

Nune, 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 Nune surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nune in America

Nune is the 90113th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nune surname appeared 205 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 Nune.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nune to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Nune

The surname "NUNE" is believed to have originated in the Basque region of Spain and France during the medieval period. It is derived from the Basque word "nuna," which means "distant" or "far away." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who lived in a remote or isolated area.

Historically, the name has been spelled in various ways, including "Nunez," "Nunes," and "Nunez de Arce." One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Calixtinus, a 12th-century manuscript that documents the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The manuscript mentions a place called "Villa Nuniz" or "Villa Nunez," which may have been named after an individual with the surname "NUNE."

In the 13th century, there are records of a Spanish nobleman named Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, who was a prominent figure in the court of King Alfonso X of Castile. Another notable historical figure with the surname "NUNE" was Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer who is credited with being the first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama and sight the Pacific Ocean in 1513.

During the Age of Exploration, many individuals with the surname "NUNE" played important roles in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. For example, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who survived a shipwreck and spent eight years wandering through what is now the southern United States and northern Mexico before returning to Spain in 1536.

Another famous bearer of the surname "NUNE" was Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio, a Spanish poet and playwright who lived in the 16th century. He was known for his contributions to the development of the Spanish Renaissance theater.

In the 19th century, Gaspar Núñez de Arce was a prominent Spanish poet and statesman who served as the Minister of Development and the President of the Royal Spanish Academy. He was born in 1834 and died in 1903.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nune

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

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 Nune 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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Nune has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Nune was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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