The Kuhnel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 339 people carried this name — #59,603 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 336 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Kuhnel live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Kuhnel.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Eure.
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 Poland’s population register
36 people named Kuhnel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 93 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 21 people named Kuhnel 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 Entre Ríos.
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 the Nordic population registers
36 people named Kuhnel 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
Kuhnel in American newspapers,
1902–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 805 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kuhnel.
- Kugel 1,080 · U.S. census
- Kugler 4,015 · U.S. census
- Kuhl 5,872 · U.S. census
- Kuhlmann 2,981 · U.S. census
- Kuhn 31,776 · U.S. census
- Kuhne 679 · 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
- Kulas 2,195 · U.S. census
- Kulczak 122 · U.S. census
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