# Kushner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kushner/  
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 | Yiddish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,323 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,680 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,419 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (4,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [ˈkʰʊʃnɚ], 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish קושנער (Kushner), from קושניר (kushnir), from Ukrainian кушнір (kušnir, literally “furrier”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kushner 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kushner in the United States.

## People named Kushner

- Jared Kushner, American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
- Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956)
- Ellen Kushner, American writer
- David Kushner, American male singer-songwriter
- Joshua Kushner, American businessman (born 1985)
- Dave Kushner, American guitarist
- Harold Kushner, American rabbi (1935–2023)

## Similar surnames

Kushnir, Kisner, Kesner, Kissner, Kaczmarek, Kazmierczak, Kaczmarczyk.

## 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.