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

Nunez Lopez, 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 Nunez Lopez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nunez Lopez in America

Nunez Lopez is the 110825th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nunez Lopez surname appeared 159 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 Nunez Lopez.

The history of the last name Nunez Lopez

The surname NUNEZLOPEZ is a compound patronymic name of Spanish origin, formed by the combination of the paternal surnames Nunez and Lopez. It likely originated in the regions of Spain during the medieval period, around the 12th to 15th centuries.

The first part of the name, Nunez, is derived from the Spanish patronymic "Nuño," which itself is a variant of the Germanic name "Nuno" or "Nuno." This name was often used among the Visigoths who ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula before the Muslim conquest in the 8th century.

The second part of the name, Lopez, is a patronymic surname that traces its roots to the given name "Lope," which was a popular name in medieval Spain. It is derived from the Latin name "Lupus," meaning "wolf."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the NUNEZLOPEZ surname can be found in the "Libro de la Montería" (Book of the Hunt), a 14th-century manuscript commissioned by King Alfonso XI of Castile, which mentions a nobleman named Gonzalo Nunez Lopez.

Another notable figure with the NUNEZLOPEZ surname was Pedro Nunez Lopez, a 16th-century Spanish mathematician and cosmographer who made significant contributions to the field of navigation. He was born in Alcántara, Extremadura, around 1492 and died in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1577.

In the 17th century, Juan Nunez Lopez was a Spanish painter active in Madrid, known for his religious artworks and portraits. He was born in Valladolid in 1605 and died in Madrid in 1668.

During the 18th century, Tomas Nunez Lopez was a Spanish physician and botanist who conducted extensive research on the flora of Spain. He was born in Badajoz in 1724 and died in Madrid in 1802.

In the 19th century, Manuel Nunez Lopez was a prominent Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a deputy in the Cortes Generales (the Spanish parliament) and played a significant role in the drafting of the Spanish Constitution of 1869. He was born in Jerez de la Frontera in 1823 and died in Madrid in 1891.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nunez Lopez

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

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

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