The Kummer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,782 people carried this name — #10,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,269 people named Kummer live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
240 people named Kummer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 285 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Kummer.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kummer.
- Kulas 1,787 · U.S. census
- Kulczak 126 · U.S. census
- Kulig 1,042 · U.S. census
- Kulik 2,246 · U.S. census
- Kull 2,396 · U.S. census
- Kullmann 261 · U.S. census
- Kumpf 816 · U.S. census
- Kung 2,727 · U.S. census
- Kunkler 718 · U.S. census
- Kunstler 105 · U.S. census
- Kuntz 10,788 · U.S. census
- Kunz 9,530 · U.S. census
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