The Cucchiara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 657 people carried this name — #34,465 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 627 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cucchiara surname
Borrowed from Italian Cucchiara, from Sicilian cucchiara (“spoon”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cucchiara» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 157 people named Cucchiara live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Cucchiara.
Most of them — 51 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 47 people named Cucchiara live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Cucchiara live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cucchiara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tony Cucchiara 1937–2018 · actor -
Tony Cucchiara 1937–2018 · actor
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Rita Cucchiara 1965– · computer scientist -
Joseph Cucchiara 1889–1966 · missionary
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Gianluca Cucchiara 1973– · composer
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Dalila Cucchiara 1979– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cucchiara.
- Cruciani 248 · U.S. census
- Cruel 324 · U.S. census
- Cruz 334,201 · U.S. census
- Cuadrado 1,558 · U.S. census
- Cuartero 138 · U.S. census
- Cucchi 375 · U.S. census
- Cuccia 1,819 · U.S. census
- Cucco 313 · U.S. census
- Cuellar 22,324 · U.S. census
- Cuello 1,673 · U.S. census
- Cuenca 3,381 · U.S. census
- Cuenin 109 · U.S. census
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