Early Origins of the Kunde family
The surname Kunde was first found in Bohemia and
Silesia, where the name was an integral part of the
feudal society which would shape modern European history. Individual bearers of the name first mentioned in ancient chronicles include Cuntz der Kuentzel of Kempten (West of Frankfurt) who lived around 1382, and Cuncze von Cracow who lived in Liegnitz,
Silesia in 1388.
Early History of the Kunde family
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Kunde Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Kunze, Kunz, Kunzel, Kuenz, Kuenze, Kuenzel, Cuntz, Kuntz, Kuntze, Kuntzel, Kuentz, Kunts, Kundt, Kuent, Kunth, Kunt, Kuhnt, Kuehnt, Kuntse, Kuntsel, Kunstler, Kuents, Kuentse, Cuncze and many more.
Early Notables of the Kunde family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Kunde family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Kunde Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Johann Kunde, who landed in Galveston, Tex in 1850 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Contemporary Notables of the name Kunde (post 1700)
- Virgil G. Kunde, American scientist with NASA
- Anne Kunde (1895-1960), American actress
- Gregory Kunde (b. 1954), American operatic tenor
- Karl-Heinz Kunde (1938-2018), German racing cyclist