How common is the surname Krejci?

1,789 people in the United States had the surname Krejci in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,580 Americans. It ranked 16,161st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krejci?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Krejci identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Krejci?

Josef Kreči, Austrian handball player.

Where is the surname Krejci most common?

Wikidata records people named Krejci in Austria.

Is the surname Krejci getting more or less common?

More common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,789 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Krejci

A Czech surname, carried by 1,789 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krejci is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

From Czech Krejčí.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,789 people named Krejci in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,580 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,741.

#16,161

rank among US surnames

1,789

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,446)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,157	Besser	1,790	172,484
#16,161	Amend	1,789	172,580
#16,166	Hayek	1,788	172,676

Who is named Krejci

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

97% of people named Krejci identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krejcis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Kreči
Austrian handball player, 1911–1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krejci

Kreis

Krejci has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Krejci come from?: From Czech Krejčí.
How common is the surname Krejci?: 1,789 people in the United States had the surname Krejci in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,580 Americans. It ranked 16,161st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krejci?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Krejci identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Krejci?: Josef Kreči, Austrian handball player.
Where is the surname Krejci most common?: Wikidata records people named Krejci in Austria.
Is the surname Krejci getting more or less common?: More common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,789 in 2010, up 2.8%.