Nunn Name Meaning: A nickname for a 'spiritually devoted person,or occupational for somenone who was employed within a convent 'nunn'.
Nunn was probably originally denoted for a 'male' who worked at a nunnery. May also describe a 'virtuous' person.
Discover how your Nunn ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 15 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 222 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 8 |
Cornwall | 5 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 3 |
Devon | 69 |
Dorset | 1 |
Durham | 26 |
Essex | 369 |
Gloucestershire | 28 |
Hampshire | 22 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 61 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 16 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 57 |
Lancashire | 39 |
Leicestershire | 4 |
Lincolnshire | 2 |
London | 372 |
Middlesex | 10 |
Northumberland | 8 |
Norfolk | 221 |
Northamptonshire | 22 |
Nottinghamshire | 4 |
Oxfordshire | 0 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 16 |
Shropshire | 3 |
Suffolk | 1,380 |
Somerset | 19 |
Surrey | 26 |
Sussex | 18 |
Staffordshire | 8 |
Warwickshire | 16 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Worcestershire | 3 |
Yorkshire | 34 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 0 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 3 |
Monmouthshire | 0 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 434 |
Agricultural Labourer | 334 |
House Servant | 37 |
Labourer | 32 |
Dress Maker | 30 |
House Keeper | 20 |
Shoe Maker | 18 |
Farm Labourer | 18 |
General Servant | 17 |
Servant | 15 |
Groom | 13 |
Silk Weaver | 13 |
Cook | 12 |
Ag Labourer | 12 |
Gardener | 11 |
Tailor | 11 |
Agricultural Labourer Wife | 11 |
Carpenter | 11 |
Laundress | 10 |
Blacksmith | 10 |
Ag Lab | 10 |
House Maid | 9 |
Carrier | 8 |
Silk Winder | 8 |
Labourer's Wife | 8 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Nunn | 2,372 |
Mary Nunn | 1,933 |
John Nunn | 1,751 |
George Nunn | 1,470 |
James Nunn | 1,328 |
Elizabeth Nunn | 1,254 |
Sarah Nunn | 1,142 |
Charles Nunn | 1,019 |
Eliza Nunn | 764 |
Robert Nunn | 748 |
Thomas Nunn | 723 |
Henry Nunn | 704 |
Frederick Nunn | 649 |
Emma Nunn | 624 |
Alice Nunn | 547 |
Ellen Nunn | 521 |
Arthur Nunn | 490 |
Walter Nunn | 450 |
Ann Nunn | 446 |
Alfred Nunn | 440 |
Jane Nunn | 404 |
Emily Nunn | 400 |
Hannah Nunn | 390 |
Edward Nunn | 385 |
Annie Nunn | 350 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Nunn | 100% | 36,362 |
2 | Noonan | 50% | 2,656 |
3 | Annan | 40% | 1,452 |
4 | Noone | 40% | 1,226 |
5 | Ennion | 33% | 851 |
6 | Nunan | 80% | 681 |
7 | Nun | 75% | 562 |
8 | Nann | 75% | 321 |
9 | Neenan | 50% | 166 |
10 | None | 50% | 157 |
11 | Annon | 40% | 125 |
The surname Nunn is the most popular version of all its varients