How common is the surname Kuehner?

1,246 people in the United States had the surname Kuehner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. It ranked 21,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kuehner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kuehner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kuehner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,246 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Kuehner

A surname, carried by 1,246 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuehner is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,246 people named Kuehner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,307.

#21,080

rank among US surnames

1,246

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,208)

Who is named Kuehner

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

94% of people named Kuehner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kuehner

Kuehner has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

Questions

How common is the surname Kuehner?: 1,246 people in the United States had the surname Kuehner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,789 Americans. It ranked 21,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuehner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kuehner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kuehner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,246 in 2010, down 4.7%.