How common is the surname Kratzer?

3,490 people in the United States had the surname Kratzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,466 Americans. It ranked 9,332nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kratzer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,490 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Kratzer

A German surname, carried by 3,490 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kratzer is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 3,490 people named Kratzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,466 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,484.

#9,332

rank among US surnames

3,490

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,328	Klimek	3,492	88,415
#9,330	Leonhardt	3,491	88,440
#9,332	Kratzer	3,490	88,466
#9,334	Navarrette	3,489	88,491
#9,337	Korman	3,488	88,516
#9,338	Vallejos	3,487	88,542

Who is named Kratzer

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

96% of people named Kratzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kratzer

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kratzer come from?: Kratzer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Kratzer?: 3,490 people in the United States had the surname Kratzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,466 Americans. It ranked 9,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kratzer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kratzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Kratzer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,490 in 2010, up 0.2%.