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    The surname Kravetz

    A surname, carried by 1,232 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K613

    Kravetz: #21,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kravetz #21,272, 1,232 people Kravetz: #21,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kravetz #21,272, 1,232 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kravetz is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,232 people named Kravetz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,605 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,047.

    #21,272
    rank among US surnames
    1,232
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,833)

    Who is named Kravetz

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

    95% of people named Kravetz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kravetz

    Kravetz 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 Kravetz come from?
    From Slovak kravec (“tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь (compare *krojiti).
    How common is the surname Kravetz?
    1,232 people in the United States had the surname Kravetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,605 Americans. It ranked 21,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kravetz?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kravetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kravetz getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,232 in 2010, up 18%.
    What are other spellings of Kravetz?
    Kravec, Kravets, Kravietz, Kravitz, Krawiec and Krawietz.