The Kula surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,012 people carried this name — #10,631 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 38% from 2,190 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
9,940 people named Kula have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 10,934 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 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 113 people named Kula.
47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 85 people named Kula 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 East Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
77 people named Kula 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 the Nordic population registers
98 people named Kula 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
Kula in American newspapers,
1911–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,827 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kula,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mehmet Suphi Kula 1881–1948 · politician -
Mehmet Suphi Kula 1881–1948 · politician
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Gudbrand Kula 923–
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David Kula 1870–1940
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Leiser Kula 1872–1944
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Anna Kula 1874–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kula.
- Kuhn 31,776 · 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
- Kulas 2,195 · U.S. census
- Kulczak 122 · U.S. census
- Kulig 1,118 · U.S. census
- Kulik 2,137 · U.S. census
- Kull 2,701 · U.S. census
- Kullmann 289 · U.S. census
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