The Kuder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 951 people carried this name — #25,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 906 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kuder surname
From Old Polish kudry (compare kudły) or from dialectal Polish kudra (“shoal”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kuder» (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
638 people named Kuder have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 744 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Kuder.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
31 people named Kuder live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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.
Who carried it
People named Kuder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anton Kuder 1870–1944 · jurist -
Anton Kuder 1870–1944 · jurist
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Richard Kuder 1852–1912 · architect
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Richard Kuder 1852–1912 · architect
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Moses Kuder 1857–1942
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Levi Kuder 1868–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kuder.
- Kuc 593 · U.S. census
- Kuca 137 · U.S. census
- Kucharski 2,487 · U.S. census
- Kuchler 648 · U.S. census
- Kuchta 1,925 · U.S. census
- Kuczynski 1,559 · 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
- Kueny 443 · U.S. census
- Kugel 1,080 · U.S. census
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