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    The surname Kraut

    A surname, carried by 1,073 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kraut is more common than 85.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,073 people named Kraut in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,214.

    #23,634
    rank among US surnames
    1,073
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,359)

    Who is named Kraut

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

    91% of people named Kraut identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    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 Kraut

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kraut?
    1,073 people in the United States had the surname Kraut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kraut?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kraut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kraut getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,214 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, down 12%.