Although in German-speaking countries, this surname arose either as
a patronymic from Kuhn or a habitational name from a place so
named in former Silesia, in the majority of instances in the U.S. it
is a Pennsylvania form of German Kuntz, the other common
spelling being Koons.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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