The Kucharski surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,487 people carried this name — #12,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,432 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kucharski surname
From Kuchary (place name) + -ski.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kucharski» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
29,115 people named Kucharski have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 31,910 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 240 people named Kucharski.
74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 98 people named Kucharski 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Kucharski live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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
58 people named Kucharski 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
Kucharski in American newspapers,
1887–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,322 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kucharski,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrzej Kucharski 1608–1679 · canon law jurist -
Alexander Kucharsky 1741–1819 · painter -
Eugeniusz Kucharski 1880–1952 · university teacher -
Władysław Kucharski 1884–1964 · engineer -
Teofil Kucharski 1889–1955 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 112 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kucharski.
- Kubica 598 · U.S. census
- Kubicki 1,029 · U.S. census
- Kubik 2,838 · U.S. census
- Kubler 426 · U.S. census
- Kuc 593 · U.S. census
- Kuca 137 · U.S. census
- Kuchler 648 · U.S. census
- Kuchta 1,925 · U.S. census
- Kuczynski 1,559 · U.S. census
- Kuder 951 · U.S. census
- Kudla 1,002 · U.S. census
- Kuehn 7,181 · U.S. census
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