How common is the surname Kukla?

1,718 people in the United States had the surname Kukla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,712 Americans. It ranked 16,675th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kukla?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kukla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kukla?

Yolane Kukla, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist.

Where is the surname Kukla most common?

Wikidata records people named Kukla in Australia.

Is the surname Kukla getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,718 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Kukla

A surname, carried by 1,718 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kukla is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname (sometimes also found in Germany), from kukla (“cowl hood”) (presumably related to Latin cucullus, and thus English cowl). In Polish this also refers to a kind of puppet and a bread roll.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,718 people named Kukla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,712 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,762.

#16,675

rank among US surnames

1,718

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,309)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,675	Bibeau	1,718	179,712
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817

Who is named Kukla

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

94% of people named Kukla identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kuklas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yolane Kukla
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, born 1995

Questions

Where does the surname Kukla come from?: Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname (sometimes also found in Germany), from kukla (“cowl hood”) (presumably related to Latin cucullus, and thus English cowl). In Polish this also refers to a kind of puppet and a bread roll.
How common is the surname Kukla?: 1,718 people in the United States had the surname Kukla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,712 Americans. It ranked 16,675th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kukla?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kukla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kukla?: Yolane Kukla, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist.
Where is the surname Kukla most common?: Wikidata records people named Kukla in Australia.
Is the surname Kukla getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,718 in 2010, down 2.5%.