The Kuhns surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,055 people carried this name — #4,979 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,710 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Kuhns was counted together with Kuhn: 25 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 136 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Kuhn, Kughn, Kuhns. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 24
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 249 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Kuhns in American newspapers,
1867.

Newspaper page from Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet carrying the name Kuhns
Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet 1867-12-05
Newspaper page from Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet carrying the name Kuhns
Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet 1867-11-12
Newspaper page from Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet carrying the name Kuhns
Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet 1867-10-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Kuhns in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

47 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kuhns. The most, 9, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 15
New South Wales 13
Victoria 10
South Australia 8
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kuhns.

Who carried it

People named Kuhns,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Henry Kuhns
    Joseph Henry Kuhns 1800–1883 · lawyer
  • Dorothy Heyward
    Dorothy Heyward 1890–1961 · writer
  • Dorothy Heyward
    Dorothy Heyward 1890–1961 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kuhns,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States417 records

417 records of the Kuhns name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 226
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 45
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 40
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Norman J. Kuhns

    Born 1921 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Allentown; construction worker from Lehigh County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Huff's Union Cemetery, Alburtis, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jean-Bapt. Kuhns

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Wharton from Havre, aged 21; farmer. From France; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Victor Eugene Kuhns

    Born 1944; from Allentown, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, baker; died of illness 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 417 records for Kuhns in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany40 records

40 records of the Kuhns name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 39
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Emil Kuhns

    Born 1874; from Langenberg. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 5 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record August Wilhelm Kühns

    Emigrated to the United States in 1849.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Kuhns

    From Celle. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 19 July 1915; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 10 August 1917 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 253).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Kuhns in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Kuhns name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record T. H. Kuhns

    Sailed from Victoria in 1911 aboard the Orontes, bound for London, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Kuhns in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Kuhns name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johan Christiaan Kuhns

    Married in 1794 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Paulus Gerrit Kuhns

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1852 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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