The Kohut surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,002 people carried this name — #14,814 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 2,093 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
956 people named Kohut have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,519 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 98 people named Kohut 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 Misiones.
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 63 people named Kohut.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Meurthe-et-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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Kohut live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Kohut is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Kohut in American newspapers,
1892–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,928 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kohut,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander Kohut 1842–1894 · writer -
Adolph Kohut 1848–1917 · writer -
Regine Kohut 1856–1943
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Julie Kohut 1857–1940
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Jindřiška Kohutová 1860–1940
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Gazelle Kohut 1868–1953
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kohut.
- Kogut 1,600 · U.S. census
- Kohen 743 · U.S. census
- Kohl 9,303 · U.S. census
- Kohler 16,686 · U.S. census
- Kohn 9,701 · U.S. census
- Kohr 1,520 · U.S. census
- Kok 1,622 · U.S. census
- Kokot 294 · U.S. census
- Kolakowski 1,370 · U.S. census
- Kolar 4,413 · U.S. census
- Kolasa 855 · U.S. census
- Kolb 11,705 · U.S. census
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