The Cugno surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 259 people carried this name — #74,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 236 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cugno surname
From the Sicilian surname Cugnu, from cugnu (“wedge”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cugno» (Italian), 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 209 people named Cugno 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 Córdoba.
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 140 people named Cugno.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Cugno live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Cugno,
with a public archive behind them.
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William A. Cugno 1948–2011 · military personnel -
Marco Cugno 1939–2012 · translator
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Marco Cugno 1939–2012 · translator
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Alain Cugno 1942– · philosopher
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Federica Cugno 1968– · editing staff
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Peter Cugno 1969– · voice actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cugno.
- Cuenca 3,381 · U.S. census
- Cuenin 109 · U.S. census
- Cuesta 2,520 · U.S. census
- Cuevas 43,701 · U.S. census
- Cuff 3,022 · U.S. census
- Cuffel 129 · U.S. census
- Cully 1,337 · U.S. census
- Cunat 118 · U.S. census
- Cuneo 2,244 · U.S. census
- Cunha 5,170 · U.S. census
- Cuni 198 · U.S. census
- Cunin 162 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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