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    The surname Kratt

    A German occupational surname, carried by 538 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K630

    Kratt: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kratt #40,610, 538 people Kratt: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kratt #40,610, 538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kratt is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    Kratt is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 538 people named Kratt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 572.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #36,807)

    Who is named Kratt

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

    95% of people named Kratt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kratts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Martin Kratt
      American educational nature show host, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kratt

    Kratt has the Soundex code K630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K630.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kratt come from?
    Borrowed from German Kratt, from Middle High German kratte (literally “basket”).
    How common is the surname Kratt?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Kratt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kratt?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kratt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Kratt?
    Martin Kratt, American educational nature show host.
    Where is the surname Kratt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kratt in the United States.
    What type of surname is Kratt?
    Kratt is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kratt getting more or less common?
    Less common. 572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, down 5.9%.