Kuhns

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Although in German-speaking countries, this surname arose either as a patronymic from Kuhn or a habitational name from a place so named in former Silesia, in the majority of instances in the U.S

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkunz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 47K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 79K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 36K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈33,000 people, est.

Sources
295 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Although in German-speaking countries, this surname arose either as a patronymic from Kuhn or a habitational name from a place so named in former Silesia, in the majority of instances in the U.S. it is a Pennsylvania form of German Kuntz, the other common spelling being Koons.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kuhns 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 Kuhns is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈33,000 est.≈1 in 42K—Kuhns2
US United States—7,0551 in 47K7.3KKuhns295
GB United Kingdom—≈830 est.≈1 in 79K—Kuhns27
ID Indonesia—≈710 est.≈1 in 377K—Kuhns2
EG Egypt—≈650 est.≈1 in 159K—Kuhns2
SA Saudi Arabia—≈550 est.≈1 in 62K—Kuhns2
SG Singapore—≈170 est.≈1 in 36K—Kuhns2
PS Palestine#927≈120 est.≈1 in 41K—Kuhns3

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)

Kuhns is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Portugal

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Kühns

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kühns

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Kühns

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States

    Also written Kühns

30 further groups 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)

1800190020002100Joseph Henry Kuhns, b. 1800Dorothy Heyward, b. 1890Tegan Kuhns, b. 2005

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)

FormalDear Kuhns,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kuhns
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020207.3K#4,715
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020107.1K#4,979
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020006.7K#4,809
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • 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)

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 Kuhns mean, and where does it come from?
Although in German-speaking countries, this surname arose either as a patronymic from Kuhn or a habitational name from a place so named in former Silesia, in the majority of instances in the U.S. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kuhns?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkunz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kuhns have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Kuhns in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kuhns.
How common is the name Kuhns?
In the United States, the national register counted 7,055 people named Kuhns in 2010, about 1 in 47 thousand residents.
How common is Kuhns compared with other names?
In Palestine, Kuhns is the 927th most common surname of 17,903 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, “Kuhns” — the 927th most common surname in Palestine. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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