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    The surname Kravitz

    A surname, carried by 2,938 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K613

    Kravitz: #10,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kravitz #10,837, 2,938 people Kravitz: #10,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kravitz #10,837, 2,938 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kravitz is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,938 people named Kravitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,863.

    #10,837
    rank among US surnames
    2,938
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,312)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,829Nault2,941104,980
    #10,834Tullos2,940105,015
    #10,835Woolridge2,939105,051
    #10,837Menon2,938105,087
    #10,844Fedor2,937105,123

    Who is named Kravitz

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

    95% of people named Kravitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kravitzs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lenny Kravitz
      American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
    • Zoë Kravitz
      American actress, director, singer and model (born 1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kravitz

    Kravitz 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 Kravitz come from?
    From a Slavic language, e.g. Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), Slovak kravec (“tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь (compare *krojiti (“to cut”)).
    How common is the surname Kravitz?
    2,938 people in the United States had the surname Kravitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. It ranked 10,837th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kravitz?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kravitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kravitz?
    Lenny Kravitz, American guitarist and singer (born 1964), followed by Zoë Kravitz.
    Where is the surname Kravitz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kravitz in the United States.
    Is the surname Kravitz getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,938 in 2010, up 2.6%.
    What are other spellings of Kravitz?
    Kravec, Kravets, Kravetz, Kravietz, Krawiec and Krawietz.