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    The surname Acuna

    A Spanish surname, carried by 16,683 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A250

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Acuna is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Acuña

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,683 people named Acuna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,507 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,537.

    #2,179
    rank among US surnames
    16,683
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,650)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,170Gerber16,73218,452
    #2,171Schrader16,72718,458
    #2,172Burnette16,71718,469
    #2,173Maguire16,71318,473
    #2,174Doran16,70418,483
    #2,175Calloway16,68918,500
    #2,177Purvis16,68618,503

    Who is named Acuna

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Acuna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Acunas

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marcos Acuña
      Argentine association football player, born 1991
    • Jason Acuña
      American stunt performer and television personality (born 1973)
    • Mirta Acuña de Baravalle
      Argentinian human rights activist, 1925–2024
    • Valentino Acuña
      Argentine footballer, born 2006
    • Walter Acuña
      Argentinian association football player, born 1992
    • Roberto Acuña
      Argentine basketball player (born 1990)
    • Marcela Acuña
      Argentine boxer, born 1976
    • Carlos Acuña
      Argentine tango composer and vocalist, 1914–1999

    Notable Acunas come mostly from Argentina (7) and Chile (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Acuna

    Acuna has the Soundex code A250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A250.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Acuna come from?
    Acuna is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Acuna?
    16,683 people in the United States had the surname Acuna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,507 Americans. It ranked 2,179th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Acuna?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Acuna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Acuna?
    Marcos Acuña, Argentine association football player, followed by Jason Acuña.
    Where is the surname Acuna most common?
    Wikidata records people named Acuna in Argentina and Chile.
    Is the surname Acuna getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,683 in 2010, up 33%.