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

Kurvers, 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 Kurvers surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kurvers in America

Kurvers is the 145220th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kurvers surname appeared 114 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 Kurvers.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kurvers 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 Kurvers

The surname Kurvers has its origins in the Netherlands, with records dating back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the Dutch word "kurver," which means "basket maker" or "basket weaver." This suggests that the name was initially an occupational surname given to individuals who specialized in creating baskets or other woven items.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Kurvers can be found in the Dutch archives from the city of Leiden, where a certain Jan Kurvers was listed as a resident in 1587. This entry provides evidence that the name was already in use during the late 16th century in the Netherlands.

In the 17th century, the name Kurvers appeared in several historical documents, including the birth and baptismal records of various Dutch towns and cities. For instance, a man named Pieter Kurvers was born in Amsterdam in 1643, while another individual named Adriaan Kurvers was baptized in Rotterdam in 1667.

During the 18th century, the Kurvers surname continued to be present in Dutch records, with some notable individuals bearing this name. One such person was Willem Kurvers, a merchant from Haarlem who was involved in the Dutch East India Company's trade activities in the early 1700s.

As the centuries progressed, the Kurvers name spread beyond the Netherlands, with some individuals migrating to other parts of Europe and even to the Americas. In the 19th century, a man named Johannes Kurvers, born in 1828 in the Dutch town of Tilburg, is documented to have immigrated to the United States in the 1850s, settling in the state of Michigan.

Another notable figure with the Kurvers surname was Theodorus Kurvers, a Dutch painter born in 1841 in The Hague. He gained recognition for his landscape and genre paintings, and some of his works are still displayed in various art museums in the Netherlands.

In more recent times, the name Kurvers has been associated with several accomplished individuals, including Dirk Kurvers, a Dutch professional ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders and other NHL teams in the 1980s and 1990s. Additionally, Geert Kurvers, born in 1960, is a well-known Dutch sculptor known for his abstract and minimalist works.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kurvers

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

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

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