Kunst Surname

57,128th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kunst Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Conrad (bold, counsel).

Kunst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,2901:7,374878
Germany1,8211:44,2095,792
United States1,5661:231,45522,264
Brazil9411:227,4978,805
Czechia4491:23,6833,674
Austria3431:24,8263,918
Australia3071:87,93410,141
Slovenia2761:9,0132,067
Canada1291:285,62526,641
Croatia1291:32,7806,715
Argentina701:610,62043,172
Russia671:2,151,090130,958
Slovakia471:113,54121,338
Denmark411:137,67612,271
Belgium391:294,78634,540
Switzerland381:216,12918,575
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Israel301:285,25425,178
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Kazakhstan271:654,90744,542
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Chile241:734,02016,565
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
England161:3,482,379114,324
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Norway131:395,56035,657
France131:5,109,440259,941
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
China41:341,830,39216,990
Curaçao41:39,312638
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Marshall Islands21:25,9101,967
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Monaco11:37,0664,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1771:283,72122,815

The alternate forms: Künst (66), Kunšt (64) & Kúnst (1) are calculated separately.

Kunst (20) may also be a first name.

Kunst Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Conrad (bold, counsel).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kunst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kunst Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kunst (Russian: Кунст) has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also appear as: Künst, Kunšt or Kúnst. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunst? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 57,128th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 821,965 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Kunst live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,290 people, or 1 in 7,374. In The Netherlands Kunst is mostly found in: North Holland, where 28 percent reside, South Holland, where 18 percent reside and Gelderland, where 9 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands Kunst is found in 56 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Kunst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kunst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kunst surname rose 885 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kunst Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kunst surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Kunst last name are 0.29000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Kunst earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.15% more than the national average, earning 415,804 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.07% less than the national average, earning R 161,424 per year; in United States they earn 9.22% more than the national average, earning $47,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.75% more than the national average, earning $52,042 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Künst9366/
Kunšt9364/
Kúnst931/
Kunszt91233/
Kunstt9150/
Kunsts911/
Kaunst911/
Keunst910/
Konst801,187/
Kunzt805/
Cunst802/
Kunstová77510/
Kunstova7710/
Konstt7375/
Koenst7345/
Koonst7321/
Kühnst7314/
Konsst731/
Counst730/
Koonste671/
Kunschd671/
Kunštová6212/
Const60261/
Kumšt602/
Kunjd601/
Counct551/
Kunchd551/
Coonst551/
Counsd551/

Kunst Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kunst in the Russian language
Кунстkunst-

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