Cuñha

surname · Latin script

Cuñha is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: merous places so called. The placename is of uncertain origin; a common early form is Cuin(h)a. Cullum see Coleman.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 256(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 64K
  • UYUruguay1 in 2.6K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

827,405 people

Sources
264 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 256 (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cunha in BR Brazil, US United States, PT Portugal and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

merous places so called. The placename is of uncertain origin; a common early form is Cuin(h)a. Cullum see Coleman

Sources 2

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cuñha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cuñha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—827,4051 in 256827KCunha9
US United States—5,1701 in 64K5.4KCunha264
UY Uruguay—1,3051 in 2.6K1.3K—1
CH Switzerland—7061 in 12K706Cunha19
AR Argentina—6381 in 71K638—4
PT Portugal#414———Cunha5

827,405 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Cuñha under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cuñha mean, and where does it come from?
merous places so called. The placename is of uncertain origin; a common early form is Cuin(h)a. Cullum see Coleman Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
In which country does Cuñha have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 827 thousand people named Cuñha, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cunha.
Where is Cuñha most common?
Cuñha is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 256 people carrying it.
How common is the name Cuñha?
In Brazil, the national register counted 827,405 people named Cuñha, about 1 in 256 residents.
How common is Cuñha compared with other names?
In Portugal, Cuñha is the 414th most common surname of 45,564 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cuñha” — the 414th most common surname in Portugal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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