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    The surname Kachur

    An Ukrainian surname, carried by 491 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K260

    Kachur: #43,885 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kachur #43,885, 491 people Kachur: #43,885 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kachur #43,885, 491 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kachur is more common than 73% of them.

    Origin

    Ukrainian origin

    Transliteration of Ukrainian Качур (Kačur), from Ukrainian качур (kačur, “drake”).

    One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 491 people named Kachur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 628,810 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 465.

    #43,885
    rank among US surnames
    491
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #43,708)

    Who is named Kachur

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Kachur identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Kaczur
    • Katchour
    • Katschur

    Surnames that sound like Kachur

    Kachur has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

    Other Ukrainian surnames

    All 22 Ukrainian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kachur come from?
    Transliteration of Ukrainian Качур (Kačur), from Ukrainian качур (kačur, “drake”).
    How common is the surname Kachur?
    491 people in the United States had the surname Kachur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 628,810 Americans. It ranked 43,885th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kachur?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kachur identified as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kachur getting more or less common?
    More common. 465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 491 in 2010, up 5.6%.
    What are other spellings of Kachur?
    Kaczur, Katchour and Katschur.