# Kuna (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kuna/  
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 Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 681 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,499 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 453,371 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (615 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian, Hungarian and Jewish surname, from Kuna, from kuna (“marten”), nickname for a quick-tempered or aggressive person. * Also as a Czech surname, from the personal name Kuna, a pet form of Kunrat, medieval form of Konrad.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kuna 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) | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Kuhn, Kuan, Kim, Khan, Kane, Kinney, Kenney, Keen, Keene, Kenny, Kahn, Kwon.

## 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.