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    The surname Kreger

    A surname, carried by 4,111 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K626

    Kreger: #8,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kreger #8,055, 4,111 people Kreger: #8,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kreger #8,055, 4,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kreger is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,111 people named Kreger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,445.

    #8,055
    rank among US surnames
    4,111
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,769)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,046Copenhaver4,11375,066
    #8,049Rabon4,11275,084
    #8,055Fant4,11175,102
    #8,060Ginsberg4,11075,121

    Who is named Kreger

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

    94% of people named Kreger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kreger

    Kreger has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kreger?
    4,111 people in the United States had the surname Kreger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. It ranked 8,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kreger?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kreger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kreger getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,111 in 2010, up 19%.