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The Kuras surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 801 people carried this name — #29,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 16% from 948 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kuras surname

Borrowed from Polish Kuras or Kuraś.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kuras» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

4,193 people named Kuras have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 4,621 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 950
Lesser Poland 871
Silesian 422
Lower Silesian 327
Łódź 303
Greater Poland 222
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 216
Masovian 190

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 95 people named Kuras.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Lot-et-Garonne 14
Oise 10
Aisne 7
Pas-de-Calais 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Paris 6
Tarn-et-Garonne 3
Seine-Maritime 3

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 26 people named Kuras 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 14
Buenos Aires Province 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Kuras,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin Kuras
    Benjamin Kuras 1944– · writer
  • Benjamin Kuras
    Benjamin Kuras 1944– · writer
  • Benjamin Kuras
    Benjamin Kuras 1944– · writer
  • Leonid Vladimirovič Kuras 1951– · historian
  • Ellen Kuras 1959– · screenwriter
  • Mariusz Kuras 1965– · association football coach

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Kuras.

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