How common is the surname Cuenca?

3,381 people in the United States had the surname Cuenca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,318 Americans. It ranked 9,611th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Cuenca?

Cuenca is /ˈkwɛn.kə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cuenca getting more or less common?

More common. 2,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,381 in 2010, up 50%.

The surname Cuenca

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,381 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkwɛn.kə/ 2 syllables Soundex C520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuenca is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

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 3,381 people named Cuenca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,318 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,251.

#9,611

rank among US surnames

3,381

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+50.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,616)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,603	Seaver	3,384	91,237
#9,607	Wingert	3,383	91,264
#9,609	Sabatino	3,382	91,291
#9,611	Cuenca	3,381	91,318
#9,615	Backer	3,380	91,345
#9,618	Courville	3,379	91,372
#9,620	Mardis	3,378	91,399

Who is named Cuenca

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

79% of people named Cuenca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cuenca come from?: From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).
How common is the surname Cuenca?: 3,381 people in the United States had the surname Cuenca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,318 Americans. It ranked 9,611th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cuenca?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Cuenca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Cuenca?: Cuenca is /ˈkwɛn.kə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cuenca getting more or less common?: More common. 2,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,381 in 2010, up 50%.