How common is the surname Koons?

5,442 people in the United States had the surname Koons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. It ranked 6,278th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Koons?

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

Who is the most famous person named Koons?

Jeff Koons, American sculptor and painter (born 1955).

Where is the surname Koons most common?

Wikidata records people named Koons in the United States.

How do you pronounce Koons?

Koons is /kuːnz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Koons getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,442 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Koons

A surname, carried by 5,442 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kuːnz/ 1 syllable Soundex K520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koons is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Americanized spelling of Dutch Koens or German Kuntz.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,442 people named Koons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,565.

#6,278

rank among US surnames

5,442

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,713)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,275	Awad	5,446	56,692
#6,276	Speight	5,445	56,703
#6,277	Avant	5,443	56,723
#6,278	Koons	5,442	56,734

Who is named Koons

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

96% of people named Koons identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Koonss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Koons
American sculptor and painter (born 1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Koons

Koons has the Soundex code K520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K520.

Questions

Where does the surname Koons come from?: Americanized spelling of Dutch Koens or German Kuntz.
How common is the surname Koons?: 5,442 people in the United States had the surname Koons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. It ranked 6,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Koons?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Koons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Koons?: Jeff Koons, American sculptor and painter (born 1955).
Where is the surname Koons most common?: Wikidata records people named Koons in the United States.
How do you pronounce Koons?: Koons is /kuːnz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Koons getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,442 in 2010, down 2.2%.