# Craft (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/craft/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,452 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,116 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,816 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (30,653 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kraft |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun craft. * Also as an English surname, from Croft in Leicestershire. * As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Swedish surname, Americanized from Kraft.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Craft in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Craft in the United States.

## People named Craft

- Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat (born 1962)
- Robert Craft, American conductor and writer (1923-2015)
- Aaron Craft, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Coy Craft, American soccer player
- Gretchen Rubin, American writer and lawyer

## Similar surnames

Croft, Crofoot, Crabtree, Crafton, Crofts, Crafts, Corbett, Corbitt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.