# Kratt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kratt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], meaning “basketmaker”.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 538 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,610 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 573,876 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.9% (572 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Kratt, from Middle High German kratte (literally “basket”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kratt 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kratt in the United States.

## People named Kratt

- Martin Kratt, American educational nature show host

## Similar surnames

Kraut, Kurth, Korte, Korth, Krout, Kort, Kurt, Korda, Keyworth.

## 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.