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    The surname Kuna

    A Polish nickname surname, carried by 681 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K500

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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). Kuna is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    * 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.

    Kuna is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 681 people named Kuna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 453,371 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 615.

    #33,499
    rank among US surnames
    681
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.7%
    change since 2000 (was #34,757)

    Who is named Kuna

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

    86% of people named Kuna identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kuna

    Kuna has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kuna come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Kuna?
    681 people in the United States had the surname Kuna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 453,371 Americans. It ranked 33,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kuna?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kuna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Kuna?
    Kuna is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Kuna getting more or less common?
    More common. 615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 681 in 2010, up 11%.