Kühn Surname
Approximately 65,546 people bear this surname
Kühn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 61,689 | 1:1,305 | 95 |
| South Africa | 1,421 | 1:38,126 | 4,889 |
| Poland | 970 | 1:39,184 | 6,122 |
| Austria | 523 | 1:16,282 | 2,420 |
| Switzerland | 337 | 1:24,371 | 3,838 |
| Denmark | 127 | 1:44,447 | 4,644 |
| Hungary | 93 | 1:105,551 | 10,142 |
| Sweden | 71 | 1:138,687 | 9,791 |
| Czechia | 64 | 1:166,148 | 25,172 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Norway | 35 | 1:146,922 | 18,432 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Kûhn (1) are calculated separately.
Kühn (25) may also be a first name.
Kühn Demographics
Average Kühn Salary in
Norway
300,489 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Kühn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kühn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kühn occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Kûhn. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kühn? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,677th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 111,182 people. The surname Kühn is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kühn are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kühn is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 25 people.
Kühn is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 61,689 people, or 1 in 1,305. In Germany Kühn is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside, Saxony, where 11 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Poland, where 1 percent reside.
Kühn Last Name Statistics demography
Kühn earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 13.17% less than the national average, earning 300,489 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kûhn | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kün | 86 | 1,254 | / |
| Khn | 86 | 486 | / |
| Köhn | 75 | 12,169 | / |
| Kihn | 75 | 1,563 | / |
| Kehn | 75 | 1,562 | / |
| Kyhn | 75 | 582 | / |
| Khne | 75 | 340 | / |
| Køhn | 75 | 257 | / |
| Künk | 75 | 86 | / |
| Kähn | 75 | 36 | / |
| Künn | 75 | 16 | / |
| Khnh | 75 | 4 | / |
| Khnn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khhn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Khnq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kkhn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ckhn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Künc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Künt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kühnová | 73 | 34 | / |
| Kuehn | 67 | 13,932 | / |
| Koehn | 67 | 13,629 | / |
| Kiehn | 67 | 2,983 | / |
| Kn | 67 | 1,863 | / |
| Kaehn | 67 | 285 | / |
| Kh'ng | 67 | 128 | / |
| Keuhn | 67 | 125 | / |
| Køhne | 67 | 28 | / |
| Köhnk | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kyhnn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khổng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kcehn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kehng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kündt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Køehn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuihn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiohn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kihnk | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kühn
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