Luna is used as a family name or surname in Mexico. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Luna
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Mexico
Meaning: Spanish name designating the one who comes from a place called Luna (name of a town in the province of Zaragoza), place name that seems to evoke an enlightened place, therefore released or sunny (derived from the Latin lumen = light).

How popular is Luna?

Luna is common in Mexico.

Luna is ranked 528 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lunas grew by 37.29426 per cent to 104518 since 2000 and ranked 298 after elevating 80 spots. The last name was found in around 354 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 88.78 86.58
White 8.15 9.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.84 2
Luna is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Mexico which signifies that it is originated from Mexico. Around 961873 people have been found who wears Luna as their family name. Luna is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,210 Georgia10
7,022 Senegal7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
26,325 Mauritania5
2,109 Ethiopia5
7,594 Pakistan5
2,537 Afghanistan4
125 Equatorial Guinea4
1,372 Nepal4
9,097 Wales3
3,752 Iraq3
4,529 Mauritius3
32,695 Nigeria3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
8,926 Cameroon3
2,935 Angola3
16,136 Kenya3
4,881 Oman3
2,672 Mozambique3
5,936 Bahrain2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
2,617 Cambodia2
8,995 Uganda2
23,858 Iran2
5,817 Albania2
1,143 French Polynesia2
3,437 Sudan2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
4,781 Malawi2
1,521 Montenegro2
883 Macau2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
613 Central African Republic1
3,243 Suriname1
8,181 Botswana1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,071 Jersey1
7,110 Bosnia1
7,790 Zambia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
11,923 Slovenia1
846 American Samoa1
215 Palau1
11,831 Tajikistan1
746 Dominica1
510 East Timor1
573 Vanuatu1
2,196 Liberia1
4,942 Libya1
3,952 Yemen1
9,498 Iceland1
5,467 Haiti1
2,578 Guam1
97 Tuvalu1
3,350 Fiji1
1,970 Grenada1
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,309 Monaco1
3,307 Malta1
586 San Marino1
6,033 Benin1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,210 Thailand48
5,577 Azerbaijan48
9,780 Scotland46
1,588 Luxembourg40
14,386 New Zealand40
251 Andorra36
3,075 Cyprus34
3,401 Armenia34
14,372 Serbia30
845 The Bahamas28
2,793 Japan26
643 United States Virgin Islands24
46,826 Zimbabwe22
27,663 Kyrgyzstan20
56,292 Czech Republic17
27,068 Moldova14
769 South Korea11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,080 Denmark98
4,527 Ireland76
51,036 Tanzania61
12,538 Norway59
Countries with hundreds of Luna:
2,603 Malaysia986
5,838 Ukraine977
4,897 Canada908
14,907 Indonesia805
841 Paraguay737
9,430 England688
1,560 United Arab Emirates673
1,253 Portugal628
11,967 Turkey594
11,594 Poland525
7,858 Uzbekistan454
6,104 Kazakhstan439
2,584 Switzerland432
2,738 Jordan370
972 Taiwan348
5,335 Belgium334
7,729 Ghana320
10,839 Netherlands261
22,865 South Africa256
7,646 Greece246
5,652 Tunisia231
786 Estonia230
1,091 Qatar224
4,981 Israel224
12,537 Australia219
1,874 Singapore213
5,909 Austria210
10,174 Romania209
326 Belize205
2,996 Lebanon188
2,461 Kuwait157
4,897 Finland157
5,341 Croatia155
10,144 Belarus149
4,581 Lithuania135
8,668 Hungary131
2,910 Latvia117
8,002 Sweden116
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Luna:
365 Chile9,443
155 El Salvador8,743
295 Honduras5,478
2,118 Italy4,434
413 Cuba3,472
2,576 Germany3,295
242 Costa Rica3,060
6,293 Russia3,001
861 Vietnam2,782
2,788 France2,706
1,333 Syria2,646
16,768 India2,615
183 Puerto Rico2,405
2,893 Algeria2,321
1,936 Saudi Arabia1,847
302 Panama1,827
4,129 Egypt1,736
3,975 Morocco1,275
2,347 Ivory Coast1,023
358 Uruguay1,014
Countries with ten thousands of Luna:
426 United States79,335
67 Philippines77,528
43 Argentina63,279
183 Colombia54,608
399 Brazil53,486
89 Peru47,566
193 Spain26,825
223 Venezuela23,305
139 Guatemala20,541
172 Ecuador19,269
796 Bangladesh18,563
123 Bolivia15,278
136 Dominican Republic13,663
125 Nicaragua10,614
Countries with hundred thousands of Luna:
45 Mexico357,578
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Alberto Luna worked as farmer and hailed from S Pier-Niceto, Italy. 13 years old embarked for Walston-Pa from Genoa on Ems and arrived on June 14, 1900. Farmer Alberto Luna, Farmer Alfonsina Luna, Alfonso Luna (13), Amalia Luna, aged 5, 20 years old Angelo Luna, Aniello Luna (31) Laborer, 46 years old Anna Luna, Peasant Antonio Luna, and 18 other Luna majority of whom were laborer and others worked as peasant and housewife migrated to US from Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar & Naples.

Luna Namesakes

  • Adelino Antônio de Luna Freire, Politician
  • Adrián Luna, Soccer player
  • Adriana Luna, Film Art Director
  • Adrianna Luna, Pornographic actress
  • Aitor Luna, Actor
  • Pauleen Luna, Actress
  • Asia Luna Mohmand, Actress
  • Alejandro Luna, Scenic designer
  • Alejo Luna, Musical artist
  • Félix Luna, Writer
  • In 2018, Alex Luna played the role of Alexander in comedy, horror flick Demon.
  • In 2018, José de Luna portrayed the role of Juanma in comedy and drama film Campeones.
  • Hugo Luna, from 2018 drama flick Preludio a una Siesta, who played Antonio.
  • Santiago Luna, from 2014 drama film Atlántida, who characterized the Lucas.
  • In 2018, Chando Luna portrayed the role of Martin in drama movie El resto de nuestras vidas.
  • In 2012 drama flick, Galaw, Glenn de Luna played N.
  • In 2014, Trisha Luna played the role of Meravyn in sci-fi film The Hour Before Morning.
  • Anna Luna, from 2017 drama flick Maestra, who characterized Iah Seraspi.
  • Cirillo Luna, from 2016 adventure, mystery film O Escaravelho do Diabo, who portrayed the Hugo Maletse.
  • In 1969, Myra Luna played the role of N in western movie Tierra Santa.
  • Eva Luna played leading role of N in 2011 documentary film Der Prozess.
  • Jeff Luna, from 2010 drama flick Haba, who portrayed the N.
  • Lila Luna characterized significant character of N in 1951 musical film Yolanda.
  • In 2004 comedy movie, Trece campanadas, Charo Luna characterized N.

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