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Early Origins of the Acuna family

The surname Acuna was first found in Castile, in north central Spain.

Early History of the Acuna family

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Acuna Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Acuña, Acuna, Acunna, Acunana, Acune, Acuni, Acunons, Accuna, Acunas, Acunaons, Acunette, Acunnas and many more.

Early Notables of the Acuna family

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Acuna Ranking

In the United States, the name Acuna is the 3,289th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1


Acuna migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Acuna Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Lope De Acuna, who settled in Florida in 1538
  • Jeronimo De Acuna, who brought his wife and son to Peru in 1569
  • Isabel de Acuna, who arrived at New Granada in 1580
Acuna Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • E Acuna, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
  • Ide Acuna, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1855 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Acuna (post 1700) +

  • Luis Acuña (b. 1989), Argentine footballer
  • Carlos Acuña (1914-1999), Argentine Tango singer and composer
  • Héctor Fabián Acuña Maciel (b. 1981), Uruguayan footballer
  • Jorge Acuña (b. 1978), Chilean footballer
  • Isaac Acuña Sánchez (b. 1989), Mexican footballer
  • Francisco Javier Acuña Víctor (b. 1988), Mexican footballer
  • Clárence Williams Acuña Donoso (b. 1975), Chilean former professional footballer
  • Carlos Javier Acuña Caballero (b. 1988), Paraguayan professional footballer
  • Roberto Miguel Acuña Cabello (b. 1972), Paraguayan footballer
  • Ricardo Acuña (b. 1958), Chilean former tennis player
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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