Lunâ
surname · Latin script
Lunâ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 37th most common surname. 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”).
- ARArgentina1 in 339(measured from records)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 710
- PEPeru≈1 in 767
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)
- #350 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 461 (measured from records)
- 1 in 339 (inferred from the name graph)
134,287 people
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Argentina
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Luna in AR Argentina, US United States, PE Peru 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)- Latinlūna(measured from records)
- Old Latinlosna(measured from records)
- Proto-Italic*louksnā(measured from records)
- 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).
Cited for this meaning 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 31 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Lunâ 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #37 | 134,287 | 1 in 339 | 134K | Luna | 151 |
| US United States | #955 | 104,518 | 1 in 3.2K | 106K | Luna | 461 |
| PH Philippines | #123 | ≈85,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Luna | 117 |
| PE Peru | #116 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 767 | — | Luna | 120 |
| BR Brazil | #282 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | 71K | Luna | 166 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 22,051 | 1 in 767 | 22K | Luna | 79 |
| SV El Salvador | #128 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 710 | — | Luna | 57 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 5,426 | 1 in 940 | 5.4K | — | 72 |
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; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); 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
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lunâ 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 Lunâ have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 134 thousand people named Lunâ, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled luna.
- Where is Lunâ most common?
- Lunâ is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 339 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Lunâ?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 134,287 people named Lunâ, about 1 in 339 residents.
- How common is Lunâ compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Lunâ is the 37th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lun%C3%A2The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Lunâ” — the 37th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.