How common is the surname Kratz?

5,231 people in the United States had the surname Kratz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,022 Americans. It ranked 6,490th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kratz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kratz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kratz?

Erik Kratz, American baseball player.

Where is the surname Kratz most common?

Wikidata records people named Kratz in the United States.

Is the surname Kratz getting more or less common?

More common. 4,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,231 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Kratz

A surname, carried by 5,231 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kratz is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,231 people named Kratz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,022 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,373.

#6,490

rank among US surnames

5,231

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+19.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,054)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,486	Kile	5,234	58,988
#6,488	Gervais	5,233	59,000
#6,489	Radcliff	5,232	59,011
#6,490	Steger	5,231	59,022

Who is named Kratz

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

95% of people named Kratz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kratzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erik Kratz
American baseball player, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kratz

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kratz?: 5,231 people in the United States had the surname Kratz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,022 Americans. It ranked 6,490th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kratz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kratz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kratz?: Erik Kratz, American baseball player.
Where is the surname Kratz most common?: Wikidata records people named Kratz in the United States.
Is the surname Kratz getting more or less common?: More common. 4,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,231 in 2010, up 20%.