The Kuchta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,925 people carried this name — #15,262 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,899 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kuchta surname
From Czech Kuchta or Polish Kuchta.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kuchta» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,236 people named Kuchta have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,928 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 Pomeranian.
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 54 people named Kuchta.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Kuchta 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
20 people named Kuchta live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
42 people named Kuchta 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
Kuchta in American newspapers,
1889–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 734 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kuchta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Kuchta 1882–1944
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Václav Kuchta 1891–1961
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Tadeusz Kuchta 1903–
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Ernest Kuchta 1906– · association football player
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Stanisław Kuchta 1910–1945
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Cyril Kuchta 1913–1995 · military officer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kuchta.
- Kubik 2,838 · U.S. census
- Kubler 426 · U.S. census
- Kuc 593 · U.S. census
- Kuca 137 · U.S. census
- Kucharski 2,487 · U.S. census
- Kuchler 648 · 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
- Kuen 183 · U.S. census
- Kuentz 120 · U.S. census
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