The Kurt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,542 people carried this name — #18,078 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 26% from 1,219 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,199 people named Kurt live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 832 people named Kurt 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 Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
256 people named Kurt have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 481 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 98 people named Kurt.
Most of them — 65 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
569 people named Kurt 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
Kurt in American newspapers,
1889–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 136,082 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kurt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Katherine Kurt 1852–1910 · homeopath -
Willis Collins Hoover Kirk 1858–1936 · pastor -
Melanie Kurt 1880–1941 · opera singer -
Hans Kurt 1909–1968 · actor -
İsmail Kurt 1934–2017 · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 142 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kurt.
- 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
- Kurowski 1,717 · U.S. census
- Kurtz 24,216 · U.S. census
- Kury 334 · U.S. census
- Kurz 3,874 · U.S. census
- Kurzawa 394 · U.S. census
- Kus 936 · U.S. census
- Kusiak 541 · U.S. census
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