Kudrna
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nickname for a curlyhaired person, from kudrna ‘curly’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˌkəˈdɝnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kudrna is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.
- CZCzechia1 in 7.7K(measured from records)
- HRCroatia1 in 90K
- SKSlovakia1 in 133K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 62 (measured from records)
- 1 in 7.7K (inferred from the name graph)
1,395 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nickname for a curlyhaired person, from kudrna ‘curly’. Compare Kader.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kudrna 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #943 | 1,395 | 1 in 7.7K | 1.4K | Kudrna | 62 |
| US United States | — | 689 | 1 in 483K | 689 | Kudrna | 43 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 625K | — | Kudrna | 4 |
| BR Brazil | — | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 2.4M | — | Kudrna | 15 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 563K | — | Kudrna | 5 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 271K | — | Kudrna | 2 |
| HR Croatia | — | 47 | 1 in 90K | 47 | — | — |
| SK Slovakia | — | 41 | 1 in 133K | 41 | Kudrna | 7 |
1,395 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kudrna is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Czech, curl
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bohumil Kudrnab. 1920CZCzechoslovak canoeist, speed canoeist and water slalomist (1920–1991)
- Josef Kudrnab. 1920CZCzechoslovak minister of interior and Czechoslovak politician (1920-1989)
- Vladimír Kudrnab. 1923CZCzech sports shooter (1923-1991)
- Karel Kudrnab. 1924CZCzech agricultural researcher
- Zdeněk Kudrnab. 1950CZCzech economist
- Jaroslav Kudrnab. 1975CZCzech ice hockey player
- Jan Kudrnab. 1975CZCzech ice hockey player
- Jan Kudrnab. 1976CZCzech Constitutional Lawyer
- Ladislav Kudrnab. 1977CZCzech ice hockey player
- Andrej Kudrnab. 1991SKSlovak hockey player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1.4K | #915 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 1.4K | #913 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 689 | #33,196 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 686 | #31,817 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 667 | #36,150 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 47 | #13,830 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 41 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 36 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- Where does the name Kudrna come from?
- nickname for a curlyhaired person, from kudrna ‘curly’. Compare Kader. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Kudrna?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌkəˈdɝnə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kudrna mean?
- Recorded meaning: nickname for a curlyhaired person, from kudrna ‘curly’.
- In which country does Kudrna have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Kudrna, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kudrna.
- Where is Kudrna most common?
- Kudrna is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 7.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kudrna?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 1,395 people named Kudrna, about 1 in 7.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Kudrna compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Kudrna is the 943rd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Kudrna” — the 943rd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.