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[Surname] Re: Acuña
Apparently this originated as a Portuguese place name, Cunha. This gave rise to the surname Da Cunha, which passed into Spanish as De Acuña.
http://tpino.netfirms.com/acuna.htm
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It seems that the spanish variant could come from Galicia region: Northern Spain. Galician or "Gallego" is a regional language quite similar to Portuguese.
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