How common is the surname Kraus?

19,028 people in the United States had the surname Kraus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,226 Americans. It ranked 1,890th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kraus?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kraus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kraus?

Karl Kraus, Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936), followed by Sinja Kraus.

Where is the surname Kraus most common?

Wikidata records people named Kraus in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Kraus getting more or less common?

More common. 18,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,028 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Kraus

A German surname, carried by 19,028 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kraus is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kraus.

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 19,028 people named Kraus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,226 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,107.

#1,890

rank among US surnames

19,028

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,820)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,881	Vallejo	19,117	16,150
#1,882	Lima	19,109	16,157
#1,883	Cronin	19,078	16,183
#1,884	Muhammad	19,076	16,185
#1,885	Fitch	19,060	16,199
#1,886	Gupta	19,057	16,201
#1,887	Oliveira	19,055	16,203

Who is named Kraus

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

96% of people named Kraus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krauss

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Kraus
Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936)
Sinja Kraus
Austrian tennis player (born 2002)
Chris Kraus
American writer and filmmaker (born 1955)
Peter Kraus
Austrian actor and singer, born 1939
John D. Kraus
American astronomer, 1910–2004
Friedrich Kraus
Austrian physician (1858–1936)
Daniel Kraus
American novelist, writer, editor and filmmaker, born 1975

Notable Krauss come mostly from Austria (4) and the United States (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kraus

Kraus has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kraus come from?: Borrowed from German Kraus.
How common is the surname Kraus?: 19,028 people in the United States had the surname Kraus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,226 Americans. It ranked 1,890th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kraus?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kraus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kraus?: Karl Kraus, Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936), followed by Sinja Kraus.
Where is the surname Kraus most common?: Wikidata records people named Kraus in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Kraus getting more or less common?: More common. 18,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,028 in 2010, up 5.1%.