How common is the surname Kush?

1,409 people in the United States had the surname Kush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kush?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kush getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, down 2.6%.

The surname Kush

A German surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kush is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Respelling of German Kusch.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,409 people named Kush in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is down 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,447.

#19,242

rank among US surnames

1,409

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,835)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Kush

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

92% of people named Kush identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kush

Kush has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kush come from?: Respelling of German Kusch.
How common is the surname Kush?: 1,409 people in the United States had the surname Kush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kush?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kush getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, down 2.6%.