How common is the surname Kushnir?

1,008 people in the United States had the surname Kushnir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kushnir?

In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Kushnir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kushnir?

Anton Kushnir, Belarusian freestyle skier.

Where is the surname Kushnir most common?

Wikidata records people named Kushnir in Belarus.

Is the surname Kushnir getting more or less common?

More common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Kushnir

A surname, carried by 1,008 people in the United States.

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). Kushnir is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,008 people named Kushnir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 827.

#24,736

rank among US surnames

1,008

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+21.9%

change since 2000 (was #27,439)

Who is named Kushnir

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

99% of people named Kushnir identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 99%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kushnirs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anton Kushnir
Belarusian freestyle skier, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kushnir

Kushner

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kushnir?: 1,008 people in the United States had the surname Kushnir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kushnir?: In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Kushnir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kushnir?: Anton Kushnir, Belarusian freestyle skier.
Where is the surname Kushnir most common?: Wikidata records people named Kushnir in Belarus.
Is the surname Kushnir getting more or less common?: More common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, up 22%.