Luña Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Luña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru611:521,05114,430
Philippines231:4,401,662162,661
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612

The alternate forms: Luna (970,432), Lună (1), Lunä (1) & Lüna (1) are calculated separately.

Luña Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Luña Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Luña is more commonly found in Peru than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Luna, Lună, Lunä or Lüna. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,020,555th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Luña live; 73 percent live in South America and 71 percent live in Andean South America.

It is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 521,051. In Peru it is most prevalent in: Loreto Region, where 95 percent live, Cusco Region, where 2 percent live and Ica Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Peru Luña is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 27 percent live and Colombia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luna92970,432/
Luiña89133/
Lauña893/
Lueña892/
Lună831/
Lunä831/
Lüna831/
Luñgay8011/
Luño75626/
Lunga6725,987/
Lunas675,301/
Luena675,237/
Lumna671,499/
Lunau671,496/
Lunia671,423/
Leuna671,160/
Louna67999/
Lunat67928/
Lunay67911/
Lunha67591/
Launa67562/
Lunja67494/
Lunya67432/
Lluna67423/
Lunna67256/
Luina67226/
Lunai67163/
Luñez67154/
Lauño67145/
Liuna6794/
Lugna6782/
Lunaj6779/
Lunap6766/
Lusna6763/
Lunea6761/
Lunah6755/
Lunad6754/
Luiño6746/
Lyuna6727/
Lunaz6725/
Lueño6716/
Luuna6716/
Lutna6713/
Hluna6712/
Lliña677/
Luyna676/
Luñis676/
Lunaa674/
Luñes674/
Luñoy672/
Luhna672/
Lumha671/
Lumìa671/
Luñoz671/

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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 Luña
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