# Kucher (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kucher/  
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 | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 427 |
| US rank (2010) | 49,268 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 723,057 people |
| Change since 2000 | -15.1% (503 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Kucher, an occupational surname for a pastry cook. * Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Кучер (Kučer).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kucher 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) | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Kocher, Kuchar, Kutcher, Kucera, Kaiser, Kiser, Keyser, Keiser, Kizer, Kiger, Koger, Kayser.

## 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.