The Kaur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 48,753 people carried this name — #711 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,050 people counted. That is up 123% from 21,825 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,942 people named Kaur live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
404 people named Kaur live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 128 people named Kaur live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Salta.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 31 people named Kaur.
Most of them — 31 — were born outside France.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
2,799 people named Kaur are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Scotland’s registers today
Kaur was recorded 104 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.
That made it the 242nd most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 25. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.
National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In print
Kaur in American newspapers,
1908–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,017 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Kaur in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.
113 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kaur. The most, 31, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kaur.
Who carried it
People named Kaur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jind Kaur 1817–1863 · regent -
Amrit Kaur 1889–1964 · politician -
Man Kaur 1916–2021 · athletics competitor -
Parkash Kaur 1919–1982 · singer -
Mehtab Kaur of Patiala 1922–2017 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Man Kaur: Government of India, GODL-India (data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Kaur,
in the records of 5 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States34 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Joach KaurArrived at New York in 1860 aboard the Louis Napoleon from Hamburg, aged 28; farmer. From Elmshorn, Germany; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record James KaurBorn 1909 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; watchman from Cook County.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Joan C. KaurU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 2001; buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 34 records for Kaur in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Australia6 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
- Queensland State Archives indexes 1
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Jas KaurArrived in Queensland in 1891 aboard the Tara, aged 25.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thos KaurArrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Norseman, aged 28.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Harcharan KaurOf Singapore, Victoria; died 1997.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Kaur in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Manjinder KaurBorn 1965 in India; died 1993 in Paris.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Narinder KaurBorn 1913 in India; died 1999 in Draveil (Essonne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ram Singh KaurDied 1976; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Jacob KaurBuried in 1785 in Breda.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaur.
- Katz 31,780 · U.S. census
- Kauffman 22,353 · U.S. census
- Kauffmann 970 · U.S. census
- Kaufman 34,844 · U.S. census
- Kaufmann 6,818 · U.S. census
- Kaupp 500 · U.S. census
- Kaus 900 · U.S. census
- Kauss 212 · U.S. census
- Kautz 3,699 · U.S. census
- Kautzmann 149 · U.S. census
- Kavanagh 5,301 · U.S. census
- Kavanaugh 5,611 · U.S. census
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