The Kuhner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 467 people carried this name — #45,740 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 472 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Kuhner.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Moselle.
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
105 people named Kuhner live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 the Nordic population registers
21 people named Kuhner 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).
Who carried it
People named Kuhner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Kuhner 1898–1940
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Friedrich Kuhner 1900–
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Kurt Kuhner 1901–1942
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Herbert Kuhner 1935– · writer
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Jeff Kuhner 1969– · columnist
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Othmar Kuhner 1972– · amateur wrestler
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kuhner.
- 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
- Kuhnel 339 · 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
- Kulig 1,118 · U.S. census
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