Vicuña Surname
Approximately 15,364 people bear this surname
Vicuña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 4,024 | 1:7,899 | 1,186 |
| Venezuela | 3,312 | 1:9,120 | 900 |
| Mexico | 2,708 | 1:45,837 | 2,476 |
| Chile | 2,230 | 1:7,900 | 781 |
| Ecuador | 860 | 1:18,495 | 2,672 |
| Philippines | 759 | 1:133,384 | 22,668 |
| Spain | 645 | 1:72,484 | 6,384 |
| Colombia | 524 | 1:91,172 | 3,450 |
| Argentina | 226 | 1:189,130 | 15,763 |
| Panama | 20 | 1:195,613 | 5,661 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Vicuna (2,081), Vicuńa (1) & Vicunã (1) are calculated separately.
Vicuña Demographics
Average Male Vicuña Height
171.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Vicuña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vicuña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vicuña (Oriya: ଭିକୁନା) is more frequently found in Peru than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Vicuna, Vicuńa or Vicunã. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vicuña? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 34,488th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 474,326 people. The surname is predominantly 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 is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is borne by 4,024 people, or 1 in 7,899. In Peru it is mostly found in: Lima Province, where 52 percent live, Junín Region, where 20 percent live and Pasco Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Peru Vicuña occurs 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicuna | 94 | 2,081 | / |
| Vicuńa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Viscuña | 92 | 94 | / |
| Vizcuña | 92 | 76 | / |
| Viccuña | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vicunã | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bicuña | 83 | 18 | / |
| Vecuña | 83 | 9 | / |
| Vikuña | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vicunha | 77 | 19 | / |
| Viscuna | 77 | 6 | / |
| Vicunia | 77 | 5 | / |
| Vaicuna | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vicunga | 77 | 2 | / |
| Biscuña | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vizcuna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vicunas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vicuuna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaicunas | 71 | 33 | / |
| Vickunas | 71 | 3 | / |
| Becuña | 67 | 234 | / |
| Bikuña | 67 | 112 | / |
| Vaitcunas | 67 | 28 | / |
| Bicuna | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vaicunias | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vecuna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vikuna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wicuna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uicuna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vickhunas | 67 | 1 | / |
Vicuña Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vicuña in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭିକୁନା | bhikuna | - |
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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 Vicuña
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