Cunning is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cunning
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cunning

How popular is Cunning?

Cunning is common in United States.

Cunning is ranked 159868 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cunnings plummeted by 14.98371 per cent to 783 since 2000 and slipped by 4744 spots and ranked at 29986. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.08 85.02
Black 14.18 10.86
Hispanic or Latino 3.07 2.5
Others 1.92 0.76
Cunning is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Northern Ireland. Around 2313 people have been found who wears Cunning as their family name. Cunning is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,340 Jamaica3
67,494 South Africa3
18,625 Japan2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
91,784 Netherlands2
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
40,340 Malaysia1
18,969 Wales1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
537 Liechtenstein1
2,190 Barbados1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,083 Ireland66
Countries with hundreds of Cunning:
11,214 Canada348
1,392 Northern Ireland203
14,163 Australia191
30,207 England151
4,243 Scotland138
Countries with thousands of Cunning:
25,661 United States1,194
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Sarah Cunning from Ireland aboard the Enterprize from Dublin during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA on October 14, 1848. Pat Cunning, aged 17, 25 years old Edward Cunning, Jane Cunning, aged 23, 33 years old Margaret Cunning, Maria Cunning, 6 years old Cornelius Cunning, Margaret Cunning (4), Thomas Cunning (2), and 5 other Cunning around 41.67% of whom were servant while others worked as workman migrated to US from Dublin, Liverpool and London.

Cunning Namesakes

  • Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Commander-in-chief
  • Billy Cunningham, Basketball player
  • Abe Cunningham, Musician
  • Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Commander-in-chief
  • Chris Cunningham, Video Artist
  • Mary Cunningham Agee, Executive
  • Liam Cunningham, Actor
  • Bill Cunningham, American photographer
  • Alan Cunningham, Former High Commissioner of Palestine
  • Francis A. Cunningham, U.S. representative

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