How common is the surname Croll?

1,666 people in the United States had the surname Croll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,321 Americans. It ranked 17,047th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Croll getting more or less common?

More common. 1,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,666 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Croll

A surname, carried by 1,666 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croll is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, variant of Kroll. * As a Scottish (by way of Norman) surname, from the same source as Croall. * As an English surname, variant of Curl. * As a Polish surname, Americanized from Król. Compare Krol. Similar Slavic counterparts are found in Kralj, Král, Kráľ; see Kral.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,666 people named Croll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,321 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,480.

#17,047

rank among US surnames

1,666

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,540)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,040	Peed	1,667	185,210
#17,047	Croll	1,666	185,321
#17,056	Stem	1,665	185,433

Who is named Croll

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

93% of people named Croll identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Croll

Croll has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

Questions

Where does the surname Croll come from?: * As a German surname, variant of Kroll. * As a Scottish (by way of Norman) surname, from the same source as Croall. * As an English surname, variant of Curl. * As a Polish surname, Americanized from Król. Compare Krol. Similar Slavic counterparts are found in Kralj, Král, Kráľ; see Kral.
How common is the surname Croll?: 1,666 people in the United States had the surname Croll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,321 Americans. It ranked 17,047th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Croll?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Croll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Croll getting more or less common?: More common. 1,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,666 in 2010, up 13%.