# Kurz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kurz/  
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) | 3,874 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,504 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 79,697 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (3,849 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kurz 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kurz in the United States and Austria.

## People named Kurz

- Rob Kurz, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Karl Kurz, Association footballer (1898-1933)

## Similar surnames

Kriz, Kurek, Kirk, Krause, Kruse, Kraus, Kirsch, Kersey, Krug, Kress, Krauss, Karas.

## 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.