How common is the surname Kramer?

63,936 people in the United States had the surname Kramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,829 Americans. It ranked 526th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kramer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kramer?

Stanley Kramer, American film director and producer (1913-2001), followed by Joey Kramer.

Where is the surname Kramer most common?

Wikidata records people named Kramer in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Kramer?

Kramer is /ˈkɹeɪmɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kramer getting more or less common?

More common. 63,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,936 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Kramer

A Dutch surname, carried by 63,936 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹeɪmɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex K656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kramer is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Kramer and German Krämer.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 63,936 people named Kramer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,829 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 63,023.

#526

rank among US surnames

63,936

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #474)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#517	Bauer	65,004	4,750
#518	Conner	64,572	4,781
#519	Moody	64,429	4,792
#520	Escobar	64,403	4,794
#521	McGuire	64,327	4,800
#522	Lloyd	64,202	4,809
#523	Mueller	64,191	4,810

Who is named Kramer

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

95% of people named Kramer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kramers

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1974
Jana Kramer
American singer and actress, born 1983
Eric Allan Kramer
American actor, born 1962
Eddie Kramer
British audio engineer and producer, born 1942
Robert Kramer
American director, actor and screenwriter (1939-1999)
Wayne Kramer
American musician (1948–2024)
Jeffrey Kramer
American actor and producer, born 1945

Notable Kramers come mostly from the United States (17), the United Kingdom (2) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kramer

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kramer come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Kramer and German Krämer.
How common is the surname Kramer?: 63,936 people in the United States had the surname Kramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,829 Americans. It ranked 526th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kramer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kramer?: Stanley Kramer, American film director and producer (1913-2001), followed by Joey Kramer.
Where is the surname Kramer most common?: Wikidata records people named Kramer in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Kramer?: Kramer is /ˈkɹeɪmɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kramer getting more or less common?: More common. 63,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,936 in 2010, up 1.4%.