Nuño 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. Nuño was a patronymic surname, created from the personal name Nuño, using the common patronymic suffix is "ez."

Early Origins of the Nuño family

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

Early History of the Nuño family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Nuño research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1070, 1214, 1217, 1314, 1315, 1473, 1492, 1641, 1721 and 1772 are included under the topic Early Nuño History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Nuño Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Nuño family

Prominent among bearers of the Nuño family name at this time was

noblemen Rui Nuño and Dia Núñez, mentioned in a document dated 1315

Nuño Ranking

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

Nuño migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Nuño 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 Nuño (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)