How common is the surname Krauss?

6,865 people in the United States had the surname Krauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,974 Americans. It ranked 5,097th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krauss?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krauss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Krauss getting more or less common?

More common. 6,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,865 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Krauss

A German surname, carried by 6,865 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). Krauss is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Krauß.

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 6,865 people named Krauss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,974 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,815.

#5,097

rank among US surnames

6,865

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,758)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,089	Heims	6,881	44,869
#5,091	Gastelum	6,880	44,876
#5,092	Fannin	6,873	44,922
#5,093	Dugas	6,871	44,935
#5,094	Joslin	6,868	44,954
#5,095	Penrod	6,867	44,961
#5,096	Andino	6,866	44,967

Who is named Krauss

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

95% of people named Krauss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krauss

Krauss 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 Krauss come from?: Borrowed from German Krauß.
How common is the surname Krauss?: 6,865 people in the United States had the surname Krauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,974 Americans. It ranked 5,097th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krauss?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krauss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Krauss getting more or less common?: More common. 6,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,865 in 2010, up 0.7%.