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The Kusz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 271 people carried this name — #71,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 8% from 294 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kusz surname

From kusz or borrowed from German Kusch.

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

In Poland’s population register

3,640 people named Kusz have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 4,186 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 750
Subcarpathian 625
Greater Poland 521
Lublin 308
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 250
Lower Silesian 241
Pomeranian 233
West Pomeranian 197

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 55 people named Kusz.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Pas-de-Calais 15
Côte-d’Or 9
Nord 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Moselle 2
Haute-Marne 2
Dordogne 2
Seine-et-Marne 2

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

Who carried it

People named Kusz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Michał Kusz
    Michał Kusz 1973– · composer
  • Hubert Kusz 1928–2017 · association football player
  • Józef Kusz 1938–2025 · physicist
  • Gerard Kusz 1939–2021 · Catholic priest
  • Stefan Kusz 1948– · farmer
  • Damian Kusz 1957– · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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