# Kuhn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kuhn/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,776 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,102 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,716 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (30,342 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Kuhn. Compare Kühn, Kuehn. * As a Jewish surname, a variant of Cohen, Kohn.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kuhn 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kuhn in the United States, Germany, West Germany, Weimar Republic, the Austrian Empire and Australia.

## People named Kuhn

- Thomas Kuhn, American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996)
- Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist (1900-1967)
- Fritz Julius Kuhn, American leader of the German American Bund (1896–1951)
- Mickey Kuhn, American actor (1932–2022)
- Enrico Kühn, bobsledder
- Steve Kuhn, American pianist
- Kaila Kuhn, American freestyle skier
- Friedrich Kuhn, bobsledder (1919–2005)
- Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician (1925–2014)
- Walt Kuhn, American painter (1877-1949)
- Judy Kuhn, American actress, singer and activist
- Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, Austrian General, Minister of War of Austria-Hungary

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Kahn, Kohn, Kuehn, Kuehne, Kuan, Kuna, Khan, Kim, Kane, Kinney, Kenney, Keen.

## 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.