The Cunha surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,170 people carried this name — #6,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 4,469 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
726 people named Cunha live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 638 people named Cunha 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 Misiones.
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 138 people named Cunha.
Most of them — 101 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Val-d’Oise.
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 print
Cunha in American newspapers,
1912–1938.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,605 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cunha,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nuno da Cunha 1487–1539 · military personnel -
Rodrigo da Cunha 1577–1643 · archbishop -
Luís da Cunha 1662–1749 · politician -
Antônio Álvares da Cunha 1700–1791 · politician -
João Cosme da Cunha 1715–1783 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 235 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cunha.
When the index is not enough
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