How common is the surname Kushner?

4,323 people in the United States had the surname Kushner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,419 Americans. It ranked 7,680th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kushner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kushner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kushner?

Jared Kushner, American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981), followed by Tony Kushner.

Where is the surname Kushner most common?

Wikidata records people named Kushner in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kushner?

Kushner is [ˈkʰʊʃnɚ], 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kushner getting more or less common?

More common. 4,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,323 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Kushner

A Yiddish surname, carried by 4,323 people in the United States.

Pronounced [ˈkʰʊʃnɚ] 2 syllables Soundex K256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kushner is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

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

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,323 people named Kushner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,419 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,288.

#7,680

rank among US surnames

4,323

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,674	Ratcliffe	4,327	71,353
#7,676	Flake	4,326	71,370
#7,677	Espitia	4,324	71,403
#7,680	Kushner	4,323	71,419
#7,682	Bevins	4,322	71,436

Who is named Kushner

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

95% of people named Kushner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kushners

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jared Kushner
American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
Tony Kushner
American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956)
Ellen Kushner
American writer, born 1955
David Kushner
American male singer-songwriter, born 2000
Joshua Kushner
American businessman (born 1985)
Dave Kushner
American guitarist, born 1966
Harold Kushner
American rabbi (1935–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kushner

Kushner has the Soundex code K256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K256.

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kushner come from?: Borrowed from Yiddish קושנער (Kushner), from קושניר (kushnir), from Ukrainian кушнір (kušnir, literally “furrier”).
How common is the surname Kushner?: 4,323 people in the United States had the surname Kushner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,419 Americans. It ranked 7,680th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kushner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kushner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kushner?: Jared Kushner, American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981), followed by Tony Kushner.
Where is the surname Kushner most common?: Wikidata records people named Kushner in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kushner?: Kushner is [ˈkʰʊʃnɚ], 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kushner getting more or less common?: More common. 4,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,323 in 2010, up 0.8%.