| ![Show Contents]() Nuño History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of NuñoWhat does the name Nuño mean? 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 familyThe surname Nuño was first found in Castile, predominant among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain. Early History of the Nuño familyThis 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 VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Núñez, Nuñez, Núnez, Nunez, Nuño and many more. Early Notables of the Nuño familyPedro 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 of Granada in 1492; Gaspar Núñez Delgado, sixteenth century Spanish sculptor; Spanish...
Another 91 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Nuño Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Nuño Rankingthe United States, the name Nuño is the 8,807th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
| Nuño migration to the United States | + |
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 Guerreiro (1973-2025), Portuguese pop singer in band Ala dos Namorados
- 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
- "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)
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