# Kraft (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kraft/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,035 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,635 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,012 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (21,579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German, Jewish, Swedish and Danish surname, from the noun Kraft (“strength, power”). Compare Croft and Craft.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kraft in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kraft in the United States and Austria.

## People named Kraft

- Christopher C. Kraft, American aerospace engineer (1924–2019)
- Stefan Kraft, Austrian ski jumper
- Robert Kraft, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)
- Robert Kraft, American astronomer (1927-2015)
- Karen Kraft, American rower
- Randy Steven Kraft, American serial killer
- Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher (1880–1975)
- Sammi Kane Kraft, actress, musician (1992-2012)

## Similar surnames

Krafft, Kreft, Kroft, Kravitz, Kravetz, Kravets, Karapetyan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.