Vicuña Surname

34,488th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,364 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Vicuña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Vicuña Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru4,0241:7,8991,186
Venezuela3,3121:9,120900
Mexico2,7081:45,8372,476
Chile2,2301:7,900781
Ecuador8601:18,4952,672
Philippines7591:133,38422,668
Spain6451:72,4846,384
Colombia5241:91,1723,450
Argentina2261:189,13015,763
Panama201:195,6135,661
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
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The alternate forms: Vicuna (2,081), Vicuńa (1) & Vicunã (1) are calculated separately.

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Vicuña Demographics

Average Vicuña Salary in
Colombia

$23,180,600 COP

Per year
Rank:
12,892 of 32,937
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00121866
Rank: 3,141 of 32,937
Percentage of national average salary:
102.11%
Sample size: 192 (2014)

Average Salary in
Colombia

$22,702,486 COP

Per year
Per month:
$1,891,874 COP
Per week:
$420,416 COP
Per day:
$62,199 COP

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Vicuña Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vicuña (Oriya: ଭିକୁନା) is found most in Peru. It can appear in the variant forms: Vicuna, Vicuńa or Vicunã. Click here for further potential spellings of Vicuña.

How Common Is The Last Name Vicuña? popularity and diffusion

Vicuña is the 34,488th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 474,326 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Vicuña live; 73 percent live in South America and 32 percent live in Andean South America.

The last name Vicuña is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is carried by 4,024 people, or 1 in 7,899. In Peru Vicuña is most prevalent in: Lima Province, where 52 percent live, Junín Region, where 20 percent live and Pasco Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Peru this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 22 percent live and Mexico, where 18 percent live.

Vicuña Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Vicuña earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,922 per year and in Colombia they earn 2.11% more than the national average, earning $23,180,600 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vicuna942,081/
Vicuńa941/
Viscuña9294/
Vizcuña9276/
Viccuña921/
Vicunã891/
Bicuña8318/
Vecuña839/
Vikuña831/
Vicunha7719/
Viscuna776/
Vicunia775/
Vaicuna772/
Vicunga772/
Biscuña772/
Vizcuna771/
Vicunas771/
Vicuuna771/
Vaicunas7133/
Vickunas713/
Becuña67234/
Bikuña67112/
Vaitcunas6728/
Bicuna6712/
Vaicunias674/
Vecuna672/
Vikuna672/
Wicuna671/
Uicuna671/
Vickhunas671/
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Vicuña Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vicuña in the Oriya language
ଭିକୁନାbhikuna-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vicuña
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