Kung surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kung surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,113 people carried this name — #10,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,727 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

4,888 people named Kung live in Switzerland.

They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 856
Aargau 808
Lucerne 707
Bern 575
St. Gallen 415
Thurgau 211
Basel-Landschaft 173
Schwyz 154

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Kung.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Bas-Rhin 8
Paris 5
Doubs 3
Moselle 3
Haute-Savoie 2
Côte-d’Or 2
Seine-Maritime 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Kung is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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