# Nunes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nunes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,191 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,942 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,326 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (11,081 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nunes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nunes in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Nunes

- Amanda Nunes, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Devin Nunes, American politician, CEO of Trump Media
- Alessandro Nunes, Brazilian association football player
- Gabriel Braga Nunes, Brazilian actor
- Fábio Nunes, Brazilian association football player
- Paulo Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Gabi Nunes, Brazilian association football player
- Diego Nunes, Brazilian racing driver
- Laís Nunes, Brazilian amateur wrestler
- Aloysio Nunes, Brazilian politician and lawyer
- Julia Nunes, American musician
- Dulce Nunes, Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Nunez, Nance, Nemec, Niemiec, Nanez, Nims, Nuncio.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.