How common is the surname Creger?

1,286 people in the United States had the surname Creger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Creger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Creger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Creger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Creger

A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Creger is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

Americanized spelling of German Krieger or Dutch Krijger.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,286 people named Creger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.

#20,601

rank among US surnames

1,286

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+11.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,156)

Who is named Creger

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

94% of people named Creger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Cregger

Surnames that sound like Creger

Creger has the Soundex code C626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C626.

Questions

Where does the surname Creger come from?: Americanized spelling of German Krieger or Dutch Krijger.
How common is the surname Creger?: 1,286 people in the United States had the surname Creger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Creger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Creger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Creger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 11%.
What are other spellings of Creger?: Cregger.