How common is the surname Kurz?

3,874 people in the United States had the surname Kurz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,697 Americans. It ranked 8,504th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kurz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kurz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kurz?

Rob Kurz, American basketball player (born 1985), followed by Karl Kurz.

Where is the surname Kurz most common?

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

Is the surname Kurz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,874 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Kurz

A surname, carried by 3,874 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kurz is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,874 people named Kurz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,697 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,849.

#8,504

rank among US surnames

3,874

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,973)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,496	Callis	3,877	79,635
#8,501	Mefford	3,875	79,676
#8,504	Kurz	3,874	79,697
#8,505	Hubbs	3,873	79,717
#8,506	Aman	3,872	79,738
#8,509	Segarra	3,871	79,759
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800

Who is named Kurz

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

94% of people named Kurz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kurzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Kurzs come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kurz

Kurz has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Questions

How common is the surname Kurz?: 3,874 people in the United States had the surname Kurz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,697 Americans. It ranked 8,504th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kurz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kurz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kurz?: Rob Kurz, American basketball player (born 1985), followed by Karl Kurz.
Where is the surname Kurz most common?: Wikidata records people named Kurz in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Kurz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,874 in 2010, up 0.6%.