Kutka

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Plg. Kiitkas, Kutkys, Kilikus (žr.)

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 170K
  • CZCzechia1 in 446K

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)

≈1,900 people, est.

Sources
102 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 170K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Lithuanian

Plg. Kiitkas, Kutkys, Kilikus (žr.). Kilmė ne visai aiški. Vis dėlto, atrodo, yra pamato sieti su lenk. Kutka (S. Rospond, 1973, p. 466), brus. Куткоу, rus. Кутков (M. Бирыла, 1969, c. 235)

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kutka 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 Kutka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈1,900 est.≈1 in 726K—Kutka1
PL Poland2251 in 170K114—1
US United States1881 in 1.8M189Kutka102
DE Germany≈49 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Kutka26
CZ Czechia241 in 446K24——
NZ New Zealand≈10 est.≈1 in 501K—Kutka1
IE Ireland≈7 est.≈1 in 749K—Kutka1

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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)

Kutka is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, United States

    Languages: Polish, Slovak, Czech

    Also written Kuťka, Kůtka, Kut̕ka

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Kuťka

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Кутка

25 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kutka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Finnish, scabies, (skin condition caused by parasitic mites)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Lithuanian, Plg. Kūtkas, Kutkys, Kūtkus (žr.). Kilmė ne visai aiški. Vis dėlto, atrodo, yra pamato sieti su lenk. Kutka (S. Rospond, 1973, p. 466), brus. Kymkoj, rus. Kymkos (M. bapbia, 1969, c. 235).

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Latvian, Aizvainojoša palama stīvai, slimai būtnei

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Medupe, Dubnas pieteka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Kažokjaka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Kutka,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Kutka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020189#101,718
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010188#96,799
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000178#95,091
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026114—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—114#26,559
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026111—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—111#27,543
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—24#47,283
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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

How do you pronounce Kutka?
A machine transcription gives /kətkə/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Kutka mean?
Recorded meaning: Plg. Kiitkas, Kutkys, Kilikus (žr.).
In which country does Kutka have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Kutka in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kutka.
Where is Kutka most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kutka is densest in Poland — about 1 in 170 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kutka?
In Poland, the national register counted 225 people named Kutka in 2026, about 1 in 170 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, “Kutka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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