The Kuhn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,776 people carried this name — #1,102 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,290 people counted. That is up 5% from 30,342 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kuhn surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
Medieval contraction of the given name Konrad. Sometimes possibly a nickname from kühn (“daring”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kühn» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,926 people named Kuhn live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 2,966 people named Kuhn 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 2,671 people named Kuhn.
209 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
743 people named Kuhn have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,187 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 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 64 people named Kuhn 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 Liège.
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
208 people named Kuhn are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kuhn in American newspapers,
1879–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 222,532 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kuhn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Kuhnau 1660–1722 · composer -
Friedrich Adolf Kuhn 1774–1844 · writer -
Gottlieb Jakob Kuhn 1775–1849 · writer -
Johannes von Kuhn 1806–1887 · theologian -
Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn 1812–1881 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 141 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kuhn.
- Kuentz 120 · U.S. census
- Kueny 443 · U.S. census
- Kugel 1,080 · U.S. census
- Kugler 4,015 · U.S. census
- Kuhl 5,872 · U.S. census
- Kuhlmann 2,981 · U.S. census
- Kuhne 679 · U.S. census
- Kuhnel 339 · U.S. census
- Kuhner 467 · U.S. census
- Kujawa 3,039 · U.S. census
- Kukla 1,718 · U.S. census
- Kula 3,012 · U.S. census
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