How common is the surname Cuneo?

2,244 people in the United States had the surname Cuneo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. It ranked 13,517th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cuneo?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cuneo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cuneo?

John Cuneo, Australian sailor, followed by Lester Cuneo.

Where is the surname Cuneo most common?

Wikidata records people named Cuneo in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Cuneo?

Cuneo is /ˈkuːniəʊ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Cuneo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,244 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Cuneo

An Italian place surname, carried by 2,244 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkuːniəʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuneo is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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.

Cuneo is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,244 people named Cuneo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,237.

#13,517

rank among US surnames

2,244

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,682)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526
#13,517	Amico	2,244	137,587
#13,525	Peralez	2,243	137,648

Who is named Cuneo

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

88% of people named Cuneo identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cuneos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Cuneo
Australian sailor, 1928–2020
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)

Notable Cuneos come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cuneo come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Cuneo?: 2,244 people in the United States had the surname Cuneo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. It ranked 13,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cuneo?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cuneo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cuneo?: John Cuneo, Australian sailor, followed by Lester Cuneo.
Where is the surname Cuneo most common?: Wikidata records people named Cuneo in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Cuneo?: Cuneo is /ˈkuːniəʊ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Cuneo?: Cuneo is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cuneo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,244 in 2010, up 0.3%.