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    The surname Kravets

    A surname, carried by 668 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K613

    Kravets: #34,032 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kravets #34,032, 668 people Kravets: #34,032 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kravets #34,032, 668 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kravets is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Slovak kravec (“tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 668 people named Kravets in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 462,194 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 494.

    #34,032
    rank among US surnames
    668
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.2%
    change since 2000 (was #41,522)

    Who is named Kravets

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

    100% of people named Kravets identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 100%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kravets

    Kravets has the Soundex code K613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K613.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kravets come from?
    From Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Slovak kravec (“tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь.
    How common is the surname Kravets?
    668 people in the United States had the surname Kravets in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,194 Americans. It ranked 34,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kravets?
    In the 2010 Census, 100% of people named Kravets identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kravets getting more or less common?
    More common. 494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 668 in 2010, up 35%.
    What are other spellings of Kravets?
    Kravec, Kravetz, Kravietz, Kravitz, Krawiec and Krawietz.