Cuã

loc · Latin script

Cuã is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), via Spanish Cua. Doublet of Kua, Koa, Ko, Co, and Kho.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 212K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 307K
  • ESSpain1 in 3.8M

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.

United States (measured from records)

1,082 people, 2010

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 212K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

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 Cua in US United States, PH Philippines.

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 Cuã: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Cuã
  1. Hokkien柯Koa(measured from records)
  2. SpanishCua(measured from records)

From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), via Spanish Cua. Doublet of Kua, Koa, Ko, Co, and Kho.

Sources 1

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cuã 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 Cuã is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,0821 in 307K1.2KCua21
UY Uruguay161 in 212K16——
ES Spain131 in 3.8M13—3
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
PH Philippines———Cua16

1,082 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 Cuã 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 Cuã mean, and where does it come from?
From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), via Spanish Cua. Doublet of Kua, Koa, Ko, Co, and Kho. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Cuã have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Cuã, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cua.
Where is Cuã most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cuã is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 212 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Cuã?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,082 people named Cuã in 2010, about 1 in 307 thousand 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, “Cuã”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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