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Nundy Family History

Nundy Surname Meaning

Perhaps a patronymic from a Scandinavian male personal name Nundi becoming Middle English Nundy and Nunde. The variations in the surname forms between Nundy and Mundy Nunde and Munde suggest two possibilities.

*Nundi may be a pet form of Old Scandinavian *Anundi, a weakly declined variant of Anund(r), a name common in eastern Scandinavia and recorded once in England in a 12th-century Yorks charter (Fellows Jensen Scand. Personal Names p. 11) and of uncertain origin.

The phonetic dissimilation of N- to M- may have been influenced by association with Old Scandinavian Mundi, a pet form of personal names ending in -mund(i).

Alternatively, *Nundi could itself be an altered form of Mundi, with initial m assimilated to the following n.

See Mundy.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Nundy families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Nundy family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most Nundy families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 34 Nundy families living in Lincolnshire. This was about 56% of all the recorded Nundy's in United Kingdom. Lincolnshire had the highest population of Nundy families in 1891.
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What did your Nundy ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, General Labourer and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Nundy. 100% of Nundy men worked as a General Labourer and 90% of Nundy women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • General Labourer
    100%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    90%
  • Household Duties
    11%

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Between 1964 and 1999, in the United States, Nundy life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1993, and highest in 1967. The average life expectancy for Nundy in 1964 was 79, and 81 in 1999.

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