Cuna Surname
Approximately 83,233 people bear this surname
Cuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 77,866 | 1:350 | 60 |
| Philippines | 1,815 | 1:55,779 | 9,325 |
| Italy | 940 | 1:65,060 | 11,587 |
| Mexico | 557 | 1:222,848 | 5,756 |
| South Africa | 404 | 1:134,103 | 15,593 |
| United States | 342 | 1:1,059,821 | 77,412 |
| Romania | 220 | 1:91,263 | 10,545 |
| India | 186 | 1:4,124,007 | 110,764 |
| Brazil | 173 | 1:1,237,424 | 42,571 |
| Uruguay | 111 | 1:30,917 | 3,565 |
| Turkey | 103 | 1:755,548 | 37,701 |
| Taiwan | 70 | 1:334,925 | 2,677 |
| Switzerland | 57 | 1:144,086 | 13,875 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 55 | 1:3,226 | 311 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Venezuela | 29 | 1:1,041,520 | 15,561 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Slovakia | 27 | 1:197,646 | 32,915 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Cuña (1,791), Cună (45), Çuna (40), Ćuna (9), Čuna (5), Cunã (1) & Cuñá (6) are calculated separately.
Cuna (5,018) may also be a first name.
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Cuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cuna (Hindi: चुना) is more commonly found in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Cuña, Cună, Çuna, Ćuna, Čuna, Cunã or Cuñá. For other possible spellings of Cuna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cuna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,797th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 87,556 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Cuna reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 96,012th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 5,018 people.
The last name Cuna is most commonly held in Mozambique, where it is carried by 77,866 people, or 1 in 350. Outside of Mozambique this surname exists in 62 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.
Cuna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cuna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cuna surname expanded 8,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cuna Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cuna surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cuna earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 37.44% less than the national average, earning €18,786 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.97% less than the national average, earning R 95,136 per year; in United States they earn 8.75% less than the national average, earning $39,374 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.04% more than the national average, earning $51,689 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cuna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cuna in the Hindi language | ||
| चुना | cuna | - |
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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
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- 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 Cuna
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