# Acuna (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/acuna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Acuña

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,683 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,179 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,507 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (12,537 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Acuna in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Acuna in Argentina and Chile.

## People named Acuna

- Marcos Acuña, Argentine association football player
- Jason Acuña, American stunt performer and television personality (born 1973)
- Mirta Acuña de Baravalle, Argentinian human rights activist
- Valentino Acuña, Argentine footballer
- Walter Acuña, Argentinian association football player
- Roberto Acuña, Argentine basketball player (born 1990)
- Marcela Acuña, Argentine boxer
- Carlos Acuña, Argentine tango composer and vocalist

## Similar surnames

Azcona, Aquino, Aiken, Agnew, Akin, Aucoin, Agan, Azam, Ahsan, Askin, Aasen, Agin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.