How common is the surname Krebs?

11,067 people in the United States had the surname Krebs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,898 Americans. It ranked 3,260th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krebs?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krebs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Krebs?

Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist (1918–2009), followed by John Hans Krebs.

Where is the surname Krebs most common?

Wikidata records people named Krebs in the United States.

Is the surname Krebs getting more or less common?

More common. 10,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,067 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Krebs

A German surname, carried by 11,067 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krebs is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

German origin

As a German, Alemannic German, and occasionally Danish surname, from the noun Krebs (“crab”).

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 11,067 people named Krebs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,898 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,951.

#3,260

rank among US surnames

11,067

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,252	Infante	11,102	27,810
#3,253	Kroll	11,098	27,820
#3,254	Rivero	11,096	27,825
#3,255	Sauceda	11,093	27,832
#3,256	Zielinski	11,087	27,848
#3,257	Jeffrey	11,085	27,853
#3,258	Ragan	11,081	27,863

Who is named Krebs

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

96% of people named Krebs identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krebss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edwin G. Krebs
American biochemist (1918–2009)
John Hans Krebs
American politician (1926-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Creps

Surnames that sound like Krebs

Krebs has the Soundex code K612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K612.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Krebs come from?: As a German, Alemannic German, and occasionally Danish surname, from the noun Krebs (“crab”).
How common is the surname Krebs?: 11,067 people in the United States had the surname Krebs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,898 Americans. It ranked 3,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krebs?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krebs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Krebs?: Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist (1918–2009), followed by John Hans Krebs.
Where is the surname Krebs most common?: Wikidata records people named Krebs in the United States.
Is the surname Krebs getting more or less common?: More common. 10,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,067 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Krebs?: Creps.