Find out how popular the last name Kuck is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kuck.

Kuck, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kuck surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kuck in America

Kuck is the 17379th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kuck surname appeared 1,625 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Kuck.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kuck to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kuck

The surname Kuck has its origins in the Germanic region of Europe, with the earliest records dating back to the 13th century. One of the earliest known references to the name is found in the historical records of the town of Alsfeld in Hesse, Germany, where a man named Heinrich Kuck was mentioned in a document from 1285.

The name Kuck is believed to have derived from the Old German word "kucke," which means "hill" or "mound." This suggests that the name may have originally been a descriptive nickname for someone who lived on or near a hill or raised area of land. Alternatively, some experts suggest that the name could also have evolved from the Old German word "kucken," meaning "to look" or "to gaze," potentially referring to someone with a keen or watchful eye.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, variations of the spelling began to appear in records across various regions of Germany, including Kucke, Kucken, and Kück. One notable figure from this period was Johannes Kuck, a German scholar and theologian who lived from 1430 to 1501 and served as a professor at the University of Leipzig.

As the name spread throughout the Germanic regions, it also found its way into neighboring countries. In the 16th century, records show instances of the surname Kuck in the Netherlands and parts of modern-day Belgium. One of the earliest known Dutch bearers of the name was Pieter Kuck, a merchant who lived in Amsterdam in the late 1500s.

In the 17th century, the name began to appear in various parts of Central and Eastern Europe, likely carried by German settlers and immigrants. One example is Johann Kuck, a German-born architect and builder who lived from 1626 to 1696 and worked on numerous projects in the city of Dresden, including the construction of the iconic Frauenkirche.

As people with the surname Kuck migrated to other parts of the world, the name continued to spread. In the 18th century, there are records of individuals named Kuck in various regions of North America, including Pennsylvania and Maryland, where German immigrants had settled.

Other notable figures throughout history who bore the surname Kuck include Friedrich Kuck, a German painter and engraver who lived from 1753 to 1823, and Johann Jakob Kuck, a German-born pioneer and farmer who immigrated to the United States in the early 19th century and settled in Ohio.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kuck

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kuck.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kuck was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kuck has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kuck was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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