Kushnir: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Kushner surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Ancestors listed as Kushnir are often found as Kushner a generation earlier. Read literally, Kushnir points to “Someone who made fur coats, a furrier”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Kushnir has “i” where Kushner has “e”. Kushnir ranked 24,736 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,008 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

Get the complete Kushnir report, with a museum-style coat of arms.