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

Kuiken, 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 Kuiken surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kuiken in America

Kuiken is the 36286th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kuiken surname appeared 617 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 Kuiken.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kuiken 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 Kuiken

The surname KUIKEN has its origins in the Netherlands, with records dating back to the 16th century. It is thought to be derived from the Dutch word "kuiken," which means "chick" or "young bird." This suggests that the name may have initially been used as a nickname or descriptive name for someone associated with poultry or birds.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name KUIKEN can be found in the Dutch town of Delft, where a Cornelis Kuiken is mentioned in a document from 1586. Another early record comes from the city of Leiden, where a Jan Kuiken is documented in 1612.

In the 17th century, the surname KUIKEN appeared in various parts of the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, where a Gerrit Kuiken was born in 1635. During this period, the name was sometimes spelled slightly differently, such as "Kuycken" or "Kuyken," reflecting regional variations in pronunciation and spelling.

One notable individual with the surname KUIKEN was Pieter Kuiken, a Dutch Golden Age painter born in Leiden in 1619. He was known for his still-life paintings and genre scenes depicting everyday life in the Netherlands.

In the 18th century, the KUIKEN surname spread beyond the Netherlands as Dutch settlers migrated to other parts of the world. For instance, a Joannes Kuiken was born in 1712 in Batavia, the Dutch colonial capital of the East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia).

Another significant figure with the KUIKEN surname was Johannes Kuiken, a Dutch mathematician and astronomer born in 1771 in Leiden. He made significant contributions to the fields of celestial mechanics and the calculation of planetary orbits.

As the centuries passed, the KUIKEN surname continued to be found in various regions of the Netherlands, as well as in Dutch communities abroad. Some notable examples include the Dutch-American painter and illustrator Willem Kuiken (1904-1988) and the Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft (born 1946), whose mother's maiden name was Kuiken.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kuiken

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

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

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