The Kind surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,574 people carried this name — #17,789 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,565 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
175 people named Kind live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Kind.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
37 people named Kind have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 59 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Kind 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
430 people named Kind are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kind.
- Killy 123 · U.S. census
- Kim 262,352 · U.S. census
- Kimmel 10,528 · U.S. census
- Kimmerle 432 · U.S. census
- Kimmich 396 · U.S. census
- Kin 1,739 · U.S. census
- Kindel 1,872 · U.S. census
- Kindelberger 205 · U.S. census
- Kinder 10,539 · U.S. census
- Kindler 921 · U.S. census
- Kindt 1,407 · U.S. census
- King 465,422 · U.S. census
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