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The Cuneo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,244 people carried this name — #13,517 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,237).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cuneo surname

From Latin cuneus (“wedge”) (whence cuneo and conio), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cuneo» (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 1,675 people named Cuneo 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 650
City of Buenos Aires 262
Córdoba 143
Santa Fe 129
San Juan 113
Catamarca 50
Corrientes 50
Mendoza 46

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 128 people named Cuneo.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Corsica.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Corsica 29
Paris 20
Alpes-Maritimes 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Aisne 5
Var 4
Yonne 3
Rhône 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Cuneo in American newspapers,
1909–1924.

Newspaper page from The Alaska Daily Empire carrying the name Cuneo
The Alaska Daily Empire 1924-08-30
Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Cuneo
The Brandon News 1909-02-25
Newspaper page from Pine Bluff Daily Graphic carrying the name Cuneo
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic 1910-08-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,505 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cuneo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joan Newton Cuneo
    Joan Newton Cuneo 1876–1934 · racing driver
  • Rinaldo Cuneo
    Rinaldo Cuneo 1877–1939 · painter
  • Rinaldo Cuneo
    Rinaldo Cuneo 1877–1932 · painter
  • Cyrus Cuneo
    Cyrus Cuneo 1879–1916 · painter
  • Giovanni Battista Cuneo 1809–1875 · writer
  • Joseph Cuneo 1834–1902 · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Cuneo is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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