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    The surname Kratky

    A Czech surname, carried by 579 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K632

    Kratky: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kratky #38,265, 579 people Kratky: #38,265 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kratky #38,265, 579 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kratky is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    Borrowed from Czech Krátký and Slovak Krátky, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 579 people named Kratky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 575.

    #38,265
    rank among US surnames
    579
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,672)

    Who is named Kratky

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

    96% of people named Kratky identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kratky

    Kratky has the Soundex code K632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K632.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kratky come from?
    Borrowed from Czech Krátký and Slovak Krátky, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ.
    How common is the surname Kratky?
    579 people in the United States had the surname Kratky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. It ranked 38,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kratky?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kratky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kratky getting more or less common?
    More common. 575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 579 in 2010, up 0.7%.