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The Lecuona surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 134 people carried this name — #127,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 28% from 105 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lecuona surname

Borrowed from Spanish Lecuona, itself from Basque Lekuona (literally “good place”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lecuona» (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 319 people named Lecuona 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 135
City of Buenos Aires 56
Salta 38
Santa Fe 31
Córdoba 20
Santiago del Estero 17
Mendoza 12
Tucumán 10

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 164 people named Lecuona.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 125
Gironde 11
Landes 4
Charente-Maritime 3
Moselle 2
Paris 2
Marne 1
Sarthe 1

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

Who carried it

People named Lecuona,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Urtxalle
    Urtxalle 1828–1901 · artist
  • Ernestina Lecuona Casado
    Ernestina Lecuona Casado 1882–1951 · composer
  • Ernesto Lecuona
    Ernesto Lecuona 1896–1963 · actor
  • Urtxalle 1828–1901 · artist
  • Antonio Lecuona 1831–1907 · painter
  • Juana Fermina Lecuona Zubeldia 1860–

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

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