How common is the surname Krasner?

1,017 people in the United States had the surname Krasner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krasner?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Krasner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Krasner?

Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter (1908–1984), followed by Milton Krasner.

Where is the surname Krasner most common?

Wikidata records people named Krasner in the United States.

Is the surname Krasner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Krasner

A surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krasner is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,017 people named Krasner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,011.

#24,572

rank among US surnames

1,017

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,454)

Who is named Krasner

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

97% of people named Krasner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krasners

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Krasner
American abstract expressionist painter (1908–1984)
Milton Krasner
American cinematographer (1904–1988)
Louis Krasner
American violinist (1903-1995)
Stephen D. Krasner
American political scientist and diplomat, born 1942

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krasner

Krasner has the Soundex code K625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K625.

Questions

How common is the surname Krasner?: 1,017 people in the United States had the surname Krasner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krasner?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Krasner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Krasner?: Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter (1908–1984), followed by Milton Krasner.
Where is the surname Krasner most common?: Wikidata records people named Krasner in the United States.
Is the surname Krasner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 0.6%.