How common is the surname Kraatz?

1,028 people in the United States had the surname Kraatz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kraatz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kraatz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kraatz getting more or less common?

More common. 963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Kraatz

A German surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kraatz is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kraatz.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,028 people named Kraatz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 963.

#24,370

rank among US surnames

1,028

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #24,368)

Who is named Kraatz

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

95% of people named Kraatz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kraatz

Kraatz has the Soundex code K632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K632.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kraatz come from?: Borrowed from German Kraatz.
How common is the surname Kraatz?: 1,028 people in the United States had the surname Kraatz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kraatz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kraatz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kraatz getting more or less common?: More common. 963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 6.7%.