Lunå

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lunå is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 339(measured from records)
  • ECEcuador1 in 767
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 940

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

134,287 people

Sources
37 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 339 (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Luna in US United States, ES Spain, EC Ecuador.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Lunå: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Lunå
  1. Latinlūna(measured from records)
  2. Old Latinlosna(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Italic*louksnā(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lówksneh₂(measured from records)

From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

Sources 11

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Digital Pāḷi Dictionary

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lunå counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lunå is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina134,2871 in 339134K—1
US United States104,5181 in 3.2K106KLuna37
ES Spain27,6381 in 1.8K28KLuna13
EC Ecuador22,0511 in 76722KLuna3
CR Costa Rica5,4261 in 9405.4K——

134,287 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Lunå under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lunå mean, and where does it come from?
From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 9 other sources.
In which country does Lunå have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 134 thousand people named Lunå, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Lunå most common?
Lunå is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 339 people carrying it.
How common is the name Lunå?
In Argentina, the national register counted 134,287 people named Lunå, about 1 in 339 residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lunå”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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