How common is the surname Kohut?

2,002 people in the United States had the surname Kohut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. It ranked 14,814th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kohut?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kohut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kohut?

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

Where is the surname Kohut most common?

Wikidata records people named Kohut in the United States.

Is the surname Kohut getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,002 in 2010, down 4.3%.

The surname Kohut

A surname, carried by 2,002 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kohut is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,002 people named Kohut in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. That is down 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,093.

#14,814

rank among US surnames

2,002

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,806	Cottone	2,003	154,142
#14,814	Platero	2,002	154,219
#14,821	Reigle	2,001	154,296

Who is named Kohut

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

96% of people named Kohut identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kohuts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Kohut

Kohut has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

Questions

How common is the surname Kohut?: 2,002 people in the United States had the surname Kohut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. It ranked 14,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kohut?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kohut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kohut?: Heinz Kohut, Austrian-American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (1913-1981).
Where is the surname Kohut most common?: Wikidata records people named Kohut in the United States.
Is the surname Kohut getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,002 in 2010, down 4.3%.
What are other spellings of Kohut?: Kohout and Kogut.