How common is the surname Cramer?

29,691 people in the United States had the surname Cramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,399 Americans. It ranked 1,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cramer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cramer?

Kevin Cramer, American politician (born 1961), followed by Floyd Cramer.

Where is the surname Cramer most common?

Wikidata records people named Cramer in the United States.

Is the surname Cramer getting more or less common?

More common. 29,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,691 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Cramer

A surname, carried by 29,691 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cramer is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

From German Cramer.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,691 people named Cramer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,399 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 29,666.

#1,192

rank among US surnames

29,691

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,183	Gibbons	29,824	10,352
#1,184	Mayfield	29,805	10,359
#1,185	Hoang	29,798	10,361
#1,186	Elder	29,796	10,362
#1,187	Lau	29,792	10,363
#1,188	Dale	29,757	10,376
#1,189	Camp	29,753	10,377

Who is named Cramer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Cramer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cramers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Cramer
American politician (born 1961)
Floyd Cramer
American pianist (1933–1997)
Jim Cramer
American stockbroker, television personality, author, born 1955
Robert E. Cramer
American politician from Alabama, born 1947
Richard Cramer
Actor (1889–1960)
John G. Cramer
American nuclear physicist, novelist, born 1934
Grant Cramer
American actor, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cramer

Cramer has the Soundex code C656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C656.

Questions

Where does the surname Cramer come from?: From German Cramer.
How common is the surname Cramer?: 29,691 people in the United States had the surname Cramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,399 Americans. It ranked 1,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cramer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cramer?: Kevin Cramer, American politician (born 1961), followed by Floyd Cramer.
Where is the surname Cramer most common?: Wikidata records people named Cramer in the United States.
Is the surname Cramer getting more or less common?: More common. 29,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,691 in 2010, up 0.1%.