How common is the surname Kuck?

1,625 people in the United States had the surname Kuck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,997 Americans. It ranked 17,379th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kuck?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kuck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kuck?

John Kuck, American athletics competitor (1905–1986), followed by Jonathan Kuck.

Where is the surname Kuck most common?

Wikidata records people named Kuck in the United States.

Is the surname Kuck getting more or less common?

More common. 1,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,625 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Kuck

A surname, carried by 1,625 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuck is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,625 people named Kuck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,997 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,602.

#17,379

rank among US surnames

1,625

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,517)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,379	Tarnowski	1,625	189,997
#17,385	Brasel	1,624	190,114

Who is named Kuck

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

96% of people named Kuck identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kucks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Kuck
American athletics competitor (1905–1986)
Jonathan Kuck
American speed skater, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kuck

Kuck has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Questions

How common is the surname Kuck?: 1,625 people in the United States had the surname Kuck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,997 Americans. It ranked 17,379th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuck?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kuck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kuck?: John Kuck, American athletics competitor (1905–1986), followed by Jonathan Kuck.
Where is the surname Kuck most common?: Wikidata records people named Kuck in the United States.
Is the surname Kuck getting more or less common?: More common. 1,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,625 in 2010, up 1.4%.