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    The surname Kraemer

    A surname, carried by 7,726 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K656

    Kraemer: #4,592 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kraemer #4,592, 7,726 people Kraemer: #4,592 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kraemer #4,592, 7,726 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kraemer is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,726 people named Kraemer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,962 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,503.

    #4,592
    rank among US surnames
    7,726
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,377)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,587Southern7,73839,900
    #4,589Bahr7,73139,936
    #4,590Bickford7,72839,952
    #4,592Kraemer7,72639,962

    Who is named Kraemer

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

    96% of people named Kraemer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kraemers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Kraemer
      American film score composer, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kraemer

    Kraemer has the Soundex code K656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kraemer?
    7,726 people in the United States had the surname Kraemer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,962 Americans. It ranked 4,592nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kraemer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kraemer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kraemer?
    Joe Kraemer, American film score composer.
    Where is the surname Kraemer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kraemer in the United States.
    Is the surname Kraemer getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,726 in 2010, up 3.0%.