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

Kucko, 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 Kucko surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kucko in America

Kucko is the 107134th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kucko surname appeared 166 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kucko.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kucko 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 Kucko

The surname Kucko originated in Poland during the late 15th century. It is believed to derive from the Polish word "kuch," which means a cook or chef. This suggests that the name may have been an occupational surname given to someone who worked as a cook or in a related culinary profession.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Kucko surname can be found in a Polish census record from the city of Krakow, dated 1487. In this document, a man named Jan Kucko is listed as a resident of the city's Kazimierz district.

Another early reference to the name appears in the Metryka Koronna, a collection of official documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, dating back to the 16th century. In a document from 1532, a nobleman named Stanislaw Kucko is mentioned as a landowner in the region of Podlasie.

During the 17th century, the Kucko surname began to spread across other parts of Poland, as well as into neighboring countries. In 1612, a record from the city of Lviv (now in Ukraine) mentions a merchant named Piotr Kucko who traded in spices and other goods from the East.

One of the earliest known people of note to bear the Kucko surname was Jan Kucko, a Polish-Lithuanian military officer who fought in the Smolensk War against Russia in the early 17th century. Born around 1585, he rose to the rank of Colonel and was awarded numerous honors for his service.

In the 18th century, the Kucko name appeared in various Polish and Lithuanian noble registers, indicating that some families had achieved noble status. One such family was based in the region of Masovia, with a coat of arms depicting a red griffin on a silver field.

Another notable individual with the Kucko surname was Stanislaw Kucko, a Polish writer and poet who lived from 1795 to 1856. He is best known for his work "Pieśni Ludu Polskiego" (Songs of the Polish People), a collection of folk songs and poems.

Other historical figures bearing the Kucko name include Józef Kucko (1810-1879), a Polish painter and art teacher who worked in the Romantic style, and Franciszek Kucko (1865-1931), a Polish politician and member of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kucko

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

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 Kucko 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 Kucko 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 Kucko was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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