Kužel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: cone

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: JÚĽŠ SAV, 1995

/ˈkuʒɛl/(recorded in a dictionary) Czech · from Wiktionary

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Kužel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

  • CZCzechia1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 62K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 79K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

842 people

Record sources
30 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kuzel in CZ Czechia, US United States, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

cone

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Kužel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kužel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia8421 in 13K842Kuzel30
US United States4391 in 758K439Kuzel18
PL Poland3221 in 119K175Kuzel24
SK Slovakia691 in 79K69Kužel5
HR Croatia681 in 62K68——
UY Uruguay241 in 141K24——

842 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling kužel. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Kužel is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Kużel, Kůžel, Kuźel, Kuzel

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Kuzel

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kuzel, Küzel, Kuezel, Kuzêl

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Kuzel

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Kuzel, Küzel, Kuz̓el

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kuzel

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kuzel

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Uruguay, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kuzel, Küzel, Kūzel, Kużel

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
190019201940196019802000Josef Bohumil Kužel, b. 1915Petr Kužel, b. 1962Petr Kužel, b. 1967Lukáš Kužel, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalVážený pane / paní Kužel,Dear Kužel, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Kužel,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Kužel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—842#1,676
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—840#1,657
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199569—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kužel mean, and where does it come from?
cone Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Kužel?
It depends on the language: in Czech /ˈkuʒɛl/ (Wiktionary); in Slovak /kuʒel/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Kužel have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 842 people named Kužel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kuzel.
Where is Kužel most common?
Kužel is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kužel?
In Czechia, the national register counted 842 people named Kužel, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kužel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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