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 last name Kunst (Russian: Кунст) occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant: Künst, Kunšt or Kúnst. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunst? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 57,128th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 821,965 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Kunst are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 20 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,290 people, or 1 in 7,374. In The Netherlands Kunst is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 28 percent live, South Holland, where 18 percent live and Gelderland, where 9 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands Kunst exists in 56 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Kunst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kunst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kunst last name grew 885 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kunst Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kunst last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States Kunst are 0.29000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.52% being registered to vote for 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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