Kucera
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kucera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 83rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Occupational: from altpoln.
- CZCzechia1 in 707(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 82K
- SKSlovakia1 in 2.2K
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
- 124 (measured from records)
- 1 in 707 (inferred from the name graph)
15,135 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Occupational: from altpoln. kuczer/kuczar 'coachman, carter'; bearer count 213. Possible alternative from Slavic 'curl/hair lock'.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kucera 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 | #83 | 15,135 | 1 in 707 | 15K | Kucera | 99 |
| CN China | — | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 157K | — | Kucera | 4 |
| US United States | — | 4,058 | 1 in 82K | 4.2K | Kucera | 124 |
| SK Slovakia | #658 | 2,517 | 1 in 2.2K | 2.5K | Kucera | 54 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Kucera | 26 |
| HR Croatia | — | 143 | 1 in 30K | 143 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | 113 | 1 in 74K | 113 | Kucera | 12 |
15,135 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling kučera. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Kucera is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
nickname for someone with curly hair, from kucera ‘curl’. This is the eighth most common Czech surname. Other Czech surnames with the same meaning are Kudrna and Kadef.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, Henry. US linguist
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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)
- Daniel Kucerab. 1923USCatholic archbishop (1923–2017)
- Kurt Kucerab. 1932ATAustrian functionary (1932–2004)
- Sid Kucerab. 1941CHSwiss trumpeter
- Jan P. Kucerab. 1968CHresearcher
- Matthias Kucerab. 1972ATAustrian politician
- John Kucerab. 1984CACanadian alpine skier
- Benjamin Kucerab. 1994USsoccer player
- Jacqueline Kuceraresearcher
- Michal KuceraDEresearcher
- Terry KuceraUSAmerican astrophysicist
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.2K | #7,362 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.1K | #8,168 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.9K | #8,050 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 113 | #10,038 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 5 | #119,282 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 5 | #20,495 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Kucera come from?
- Occupational: from altpoln. kuczer/kuczar 'coachman, carter'; bearer count 213. Possible alternative from Slavic 'curl/hair lock'. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
- What does the name Kucera mean?
- Recorded meaning: Occupational: from altpoln.
- In which country does Kucera have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 15 thousand people named Kucera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kucera.
- Where is Kucera most common?
- Kucera is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 707 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kucera?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 15,135 people named Kucera, about 1 in 707 residents.
- How common is Kucera compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Kucera is the 83rd 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, “Kucera” — the 83rd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.