The Kunze surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,351 people carried this name — #9,686 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,320 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
221 people named Kunze live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
142 people named Kunze have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 199 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 141 people named Kunze live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Kunze.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 the Nordic population registers
53 people named Kunze 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).
In print
Kunze in American newspapers,
1889–1900.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,829 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kunze,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Christopher Kunze 1744–1807 · parson -
Betty Tischbein 1787–1867 · draftsperson -
Gustav Kunze 1793–1851 · physician -
Tito Guillermo Kunze Duran d. 1973
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Johann Josef Kunze 1724–1800 · architect
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Jan Karel Kuntze 1769–1806 · general contractor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kunze.
- Kumpf 889 · U.S. census
- Kung 3,113 · U.S. census
- Kunkler 707 · U.S. census
- Kunstler 105 · U.S. census
- Kuntz 10,848 · U.S. census
- Kunz 9,953 · U.S. census
- Kupczyk 322 · U.S. census
- Kupfer 1,190 · U.S. census
- Kupiec 918 · U.S. census
- Kupper 691 · U.S. census
- Kuras 801 · U.S. census
- Kurek 1,703 · U.S. census
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