Nuno History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The earliest forms of hereditary surnames in Spain were the patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. Nuno was a patronymic surname, created from the personal name Nuño, using the common patronymic suffix is "ez."

Early Origins of the Nuno family

The surname Nuno was first found in Castile, predominant among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Nuno family

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Nuno Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Núñez, Nuñez, Núnez, Nunez, Nuño and many more.

Early Notables of the Nuno family

Prominent among bearers of the Nuno family name at this time was Pedro Núñez, who saved the life of Prince Alfonso (later Alfonso VIII) in the twelfth century; Alvar Núñez de Lara, politician, court advisor and tutor to Henry I (1214-1217); Castilian nobleman Juan Núñez de Lara (died 1314); noblemen Rui Nuño and Dia Núñez, mentioned in a document dated 1315; Alvar Núñez Osorio, made a Count by King Alfonso XI in the early fourteenth century; Pero Nuñez, alderman in Toledo in 1473; Ramiro Núñez de Guzmán, who fought in the reconquest...
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Nuno Ranking

In the United States, the name Nuno is the 8,807^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Nuno migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Nuno Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Manuel Nuno, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1829 2
Philip Nuno, aged 40, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1837 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Nuno (post 1700) +

Nuno Júdice (1949-2024), Portuguese essayist, poet, writer, novelist and professor
Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais (b. 1984), Portuguese professional footballer
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (b. 1974), Portuguese retired footballer
Nuno Filipe Vasconcelos Viveiros (b. 1983), Portuguese footballer
Nuno Miguel Figueiredo Afonso (b. 1974), Portuguese retired footballer
Nuno Reis (b. 1991), Swiss-born Portuguese footballer
Nuno Valente (b. 1974), Portuguese international footballer
Nuno Gonçalves, 15th-century Portuguese artist
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (b. 1966), Portuguese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)