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    The surname Kucher

    A German occupational surname, carried by 427 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K260

    Kucher: #49,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kucher #49,268, 427 people Kucher: #49,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kucher #49,268, 427 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kucher is more common than 69.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    Kucher is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 427 people named Kucher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 723,057 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 503.

    #49,268
    rank among US surnames
    427
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.1%
    change since 2000 (was #40,908)

    Who is named Kucher

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

    96% of people named Kucher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kucher

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kucher come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Kucher, an occupational surname for a pastry cook. * Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Кучер (Kučer).
    How common is the surname Kucher?
    427 people in the United States had the surname Kucher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 723,057 Americans. It ranked 49,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kucher?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kucher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Kucher?
    Kucher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kucher getting more or less common?
    Less common. 503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 427 in 2010, down 15%.