# Kohut (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kohut/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,002 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,814 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 154,219 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.3% (2,093 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kohout, Kogut |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kohut in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kohut in the United States.

## People named Kohut

- Heinz Kohut, Austrian-American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (1913-1981)

## Similar surnames

Kohout, Kott, Koth, Keith, Kidd, Kite, Kato, Kitt, Keitt, Keita, Kot, Kyte.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.