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    The surname Kotzur

    A surname, carried by 348 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K326

    Kotzur: #58,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kotzur #58,337, 348 people Kotzur: #58,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kotzur #58,337, 348 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kotzur is more common than 64% of them.

    Origin

    Respelling of Polish Kocur, from kocur (“tomcat”), and Slovak Kocúr, from kocúr (“tomcat”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 348 people named Kotzur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 887,200 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 344.

    #58,337
    rank among US surnames
    348
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #55,732)

    Who is named Kotzur

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

    90% of people named Kotzur identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander 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

    • Kocur
    • Koczur
    • Kotsur

    Kotzur has the Soundex code K326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K326.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kotzur come from?
    Respelling of Polish Kocur, from kocur (“tomcat”), and Slovak Kocúr, from kocúr (“tomcat”).
    How common is the surname Kotzur?
    348 people in the United States had the surname Kotzur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 887,200 Americans. It ranked 58,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kotzur?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kotzur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kotzur getting more or less common?
    More common. 344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 348 in 2010, up 1.2%.
    What are other spellings of Kotzur?
    Kocur, Koczur and Kotsur.