# Cuneo (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,244 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,517 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 137,587 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (2,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkuːniəʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cuneo 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cuneo in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Cuneo

- John Cuneo, Australian sailor
- Lester Cuneo, American actor (1888-1925)
- Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (1877–1939)
- Terence Cuneo, British artist (1907-1996)
- Cyrus Cuneo, British-American painter (1879-1916)

## Similar surnames

Chen, Cohen, Chan, Cain, Conway, Cano, Chaney, Cowan, Chin, Coon, Conn, Cheney.

## 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.