The Cuny surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 615 people carried this name — #36,379 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 596 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,976 people named Cuny.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Vosges.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
26 people named Cuny live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Cuny,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Cuny d. 1627 · politician
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Jean Baptiste Cuny 1749–1826 · military officer
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Claude François Cuny 1751–1827 · military officer
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Joseph Fortuné Marie Antoine Cuny 1773–1845 · politician
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Christoph von Cuny 1779–1848 · local government officer
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Joseph Cuny 1780–1844 · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cuny.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cuny 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.