How common is the surname Kreider?

5,365 people in the United States had the surname Kreider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,548 Americans. It ranked 6,353rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kreider?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kreider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kreider?

Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Kreider most common?

Wikidata records people named Kreider in the United States.

Is the surname Kreider getting more or less common?

More common. 4,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,365 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Kreider

A German surname, carried by 5,365 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kreider is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kreider.

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 5,365 people named Kreider in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,548 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,675.

#6,353

rank among US surnames

5,365

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,664)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,344	Carino	5,373	57,462
#6,345	Cage	5,372	57,473
#6,346	Harness	5,371	57,484
#6,349	Casiano	5,369	57,505
#6,350	Studer	5,368	57,516
#6,351	Carruthers	5,367	57,527
#6,352	Brewington	5,366	57,537

Who is named Kreider

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

96% of people named Kreider identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kreiders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Kreider
American ice hockey player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cryder

Surnames that sound like Kreider

Krider

Kreider has the Soundex code K636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K636.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kreider come from?: Borrowed from German Kreider.
How common is the surname Kreider?: 5,365 people in the United States had the surname Kreider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,548 Americans. It ranked 6,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kreider?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kreider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kreider?: Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Kreider most common?: Wikidata records people named Kreider in the United States.
Is the surname Kreider getting more or less common?: More common. 4,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,365 in 2010, up 15%.
What are other spellings of Kreider?: Cryder.