Gaúna

surname · Latin script

Gaúna is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Gauna, a habitational surname of Basque origin.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 831(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 4.8K
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 12K

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.

Argentina (measured from records)

54,753 people

Sources
172 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 831 (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 Gauna in AR Argentina, VE Venezuela, US United States and 4 more.

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)

Borrowed from Spanish Gauna, a habitational surname of Basque origin.

Sources 2

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaúna 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 Gaúna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#12654,7531 in 83155KGauna102
US United States—3,0121 in 110K3KGauna172
VE Venezuela#955≈2,400 est.≈1 in 12K—Gauna29
BR Brazil—2,0701 in 102K2.1KGauna61
UY Uruguay#8957071 in 4.8K707Gauna17
PY Paraguay#548≈440 est.≈1 in 16K—Gauna16
CL Chile—≈250 est.≈1 in 73K—Gauna33

54,753 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

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

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Argentina, Spain

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Gauna

  • English surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Canada, Spain

    Languages: English, German, Norwegian

    Also written Gauna, Gaunae, Gaunä

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gaúna 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 Gaúna mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Gauna, a habitational surname of Basque origin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Gaúna have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 55 thousand people named Gaúna, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gauna.
Where is Gaúna most common?
Gaúna is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 831 people carrying it.
How common is the name Gaúna?
In Argentina, the national register counted 54,753 people named Gaúna, about 1 in 831 residents.
How common is Gaúna compared with other names?
In Argentina, Gaúna is the 126th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Gaúna” — the 126th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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