# Kramer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kramer/  
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 | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 63,936 |
| US rank (2010) | 526 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,829 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (63,023 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹeɪmɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kramer and German Krämer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kramer 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kramer in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Australia and Israel.

## People named Kramer

- Stanley Kramer, American film director and producer (1913-2001)
- Joey Kramer, American rock drummer (born 1950)
- Jack Kramer, American tennis player (1921–2009)
- Larry Kramer, American screenwriter, novelist, essayist, playwright, LGBT-rights and AIDS activist (1935
- Samuel Noah Kramer, American Assyriologist (1897-1990)
- Clare Kramer, American actress
- Jana Kramer, American singer and actress
- Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
- Eddie Kramer, British audio engineer and producer
- Robert Kramer, American director, actor and screenwriter (1939-1999)
- Wayne Kramer, American musician (1948–2024)
- Jeffrey Kramer, American actor and producer

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Kremer, Kraemer, Kromer, Kriner, Kroner, Koerner, Kerner, Kreiner, Korner.

## 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.