Kushnir Surname

34,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kushnir Surname Definition:

(Polish, Cz-Slovakian, Ukranian) One who made fur coats, a furrier.

Kushnir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia8,8671:16,2542,275
Israel1,6991:5,037741
United States1,5991:226,67921,901
Transnistria9381:50624
Moldova5721:6,226969
Kazakhstan5281:33,4904,569
Belarus4071:23,3443,970
Canada3801:96,96210,547
Uzbekistan2121:145,8926,970
Turkmenistan371:148,3543,025
Australia281:964,13257,058
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Kyrgyzstan231:259,68123,924
France211:3,162,987209,042
England151:3,714,537119,675
Finland151:366,44725,366
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Georgia101:374,55415,620
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
China41:341,830,39216,990
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Abkhazia21:121,4324,128
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Kushnir Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Cz-Slovakian, Ukranian) One who made fur coats, a furrier.

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

Kushnir Last Name Facts

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

Kushnir (Georgian: კუშნირ, Russian: Кушнир) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kushnir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 34,156th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 469,558 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Kushnir are found; 53 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 49 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Kushnir is most frequently held in Russia, where it is held by 8,867 people, or 1 in 16,254. In Russia Kushnir is mostly found in: Moscow, where 9 percent reside, Moscow Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Russia Kushnir is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Kushnir Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Orthodox (67%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kushnir surname are 11.1% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 57.87% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kushnir earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.03% more than the national average, earning $49,634 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.64% more than the national average, earning $55,468 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kushnir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kushnir in the Georgian language
კუშნირkushnir-
Kushnir in the Russian language
Кушнирkusnir-

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Kushnir Reference & Research

Kushnier / Kusnyir DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Kushnier / Kusnyir FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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