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    The surname Krahn

    A German surname, carried by 2,741 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K650

    Krahn: #11,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Krahn #11,478, 2,741 people Krahn: #11,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Krahn #11,478, 2,741 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krahn is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From the German surname of Low German origin, from Middle Low German krane (“crane”). See crane. Also compare the surname Kranich.

    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 2,741 people named Krahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,390.

    #11,478
    rank among US surnames
    2,741
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,994)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,472Mattis2,744112,517
    #11,474McConville2,743112,558
    #11,476Araya2,742112,599
    #11,478Heineman2,741112,640
    #11,484Decicco2,740112,681

    Who is named Krahn

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

    95% of people named Krahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    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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    Surnames that sound like Krahn

    Krahn has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Krahn come from?
    From the German surname of Low German origin, from Middle Low German krane (“crane”). See crane. Also compare the surname Kranich.
    How common is the surname Krahn?
    2,741 people in the United States had the surname Krahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. It ranked 11,478th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krahn?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Krahn getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,741 in 2010, up 15%.