How common is the surname Kucera?

4,058 people in the United States had the surname Kucera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,083 Americans. It ranked 8,168th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kucera?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kucera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kucera getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,058 in 2010, down 2.7%.

What are other spellings of Kucera?

Kucsera, Kuczera and Kutschera.

The surname Kucera

A Czech surname, carried by 4,058 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kucera is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kučera.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,058 people named Kucera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,083 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,171.

#8,168

rank among US surnames

4,058

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,362)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,162	Armitage	4,063	75,990
#8,163	Hoey	4,062	76,008
#8,164	Klink	4,059	76,064
#8,168	Nunnally	4,058	76,083
#8,172	Wald	4,057	76,102
#8,173	Crafton	4,056	76,121

Who is named Kucera

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

97% of people named Kucera identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kucsera
Kuczera
Kutschera

Surnames that sound like Kucera

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

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kucera come from?: Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kučera.
How common is the surname Kucera?: 4,058 people in the United States had the surname Kucera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,083 Americans. It ranked 8,168th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kucera?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kucera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kucera getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,058 in 2010, down 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Kucera?: Kucsera, Kuczera and Kutschera.