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    The surname Nunn

    A surname, carried by 16,769 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nunn is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,769 people named Nunn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,412 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,792.

    #2,164
    rank among US surnames
    16,769
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,258)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,155Stovall16,82718,348
    #2,156Rooney16,82318,353
    #2,157Coe16,81918,357
    #2,158Corral16,80818,369
    #2,159Barrow16,80118,377
    #2,160Torrez16,79518,383
    #2,161Dupree16,79418,384

    Who is named Nunn

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    67% of people named Nunn identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nunns

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sam Nunn
      American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
    • Glynis Nunn
      Australian heptathlete, born 1960
    • Bill Nunn
      American actor (1953–2016)
    • Terri Nunn
      American actress and singer, born 1959
    • John Nunn
      American rower, born 1942
    • Zach Nunn
      American politician, born 1979
    • Judy Nunn
      Actress and author, born 1945

    Notable Nunns come mostly from the United States (5) and Australia (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nunn

    Nunn has the Soundex code N500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nunn?
    16,769 people in the United States had the surname Nunn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,412 Americans. It ranked 2,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nunn?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Nunn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Nunn?
    Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician (born 1938), followed by Glynis Nunn.
    Where is the surname Nunn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nunn in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Nunn getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,769 in 2010, up 13%.