Cuenin

surname · Latin script

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

/kyənɛ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cuenin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 78K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 57K
  • ESSpain≈1 in 2M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈870 people, est.

Sources
166 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cuenin 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 Cuenin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈870 est.≈1 in 78K91Cuenin166
CH Switzerland1471 in 57K147Cuenin14
US United States1091 in 3.1M109Cuenin45
GB United Kingdom≈27 est.≈1 in 2.4M—Cuenin8
ES Spain≈25 est.≈1 in 2M—Cuenin1
CA Canada≈13 est.≈1 in 2.9M—Cuenin10

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cuenin is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Cuénin

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cuénin

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Michel Cuenin, b. 1945Jean-Pierre Cuenin, b. 1946Johann Cuenin, b. 1989Sean Cuenin, b. 2004

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Cuenin, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Cuenin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951162—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961151—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024147#8,088
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921118—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010109#150,452
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020107#151,639
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000106#143,847
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981106—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931104—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199191—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Cuenin?
A machine transcription gives /kyənɛ̃/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Cuenin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 873 people named Cuenin in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cuenin.
Where is Cuenin most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cuenin is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 57 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Cuenin?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 147 people named Cuenin in 2024, about 1 in 57 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, “Cuenin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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