Acunha Surname
Approximately 1,506 people bear this surname
Acunha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,496 | 1:143,098 | 5,470 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Acuñha (9) are calculated separately.
Acunha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acunha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Acunha occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Acuñha. Click here to see other possible spellings of Acunha.
How Common Is The Last Name Acunha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 260,746th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Acunha live; 100 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.
Acunha is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,496 people, or 1 in 143,098. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 44 percent are found, Mato Grosso do Sul, where 32 percent are found and São Paulo, where 8 percent are found. Beside Brazil this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Paraguay, where 0 percent are found.
Acunha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Acunha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Acunha surname declined 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acunha
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