Explore the Family Name Kutzner

The meaning of Kutzner

German: occupational name for a blanket maker, from Middle High German kotze ‘coarse shaggy woolen cloth, blanket or garment made of such material’. In Bavaria and Austria kotze is still used to denote a jacket made of the woolen cloth more widely known as Loden (boiled wool). Some characteristic forenames: German Arno, Horst, Inge, Kurt, Wolfgang.

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How common is the last name Kutzner in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kutzner witnessed a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 60,230 in terms of frequency but fell to 68,547 by 2010, marking a decrease of 13.81%. The count of people with this surname also dropped from 313 to 287 during the same period, a decrease of 8.31%. Moreover, the proportion of individuals with the Kutzner surname per 100,000 of the population fell by 16.67% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,230	#68,547	-13.81%
Count	313	287	-8.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.1	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kutzner

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Kutzner surname identify as White, although there was a slight decrease from 96.81% in 2000 to 94.43% in 2010. Interestingly, there were no recorded individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, the data shows an emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic and those claiming two or more races by 2010, both categories accounting for 1.74% of the total Kutzners.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.81%	94.43%	-2.46%
Two or More Races	0%	1.74%	0%
Hispanic	0%	1.74%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%