How common is the surname Krell?

2,913 people in the United States had the surname Krell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. It ranked 10,924th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krell?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Krell getting more or less common?

More common. 2,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,913 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Krell

A surname, carried by 2,913 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krell is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,913 people named Krell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,385.

#10,924

rank among US surnames

2,913

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+22.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,017)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916
#10,923	Kirkendall	2,914	105,952
#10,924	Kiesel	2,913	105,989
#10,931	Cordon	2,912	106,025

Who is named Krell

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

95% of people named Krell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krell

Krell has the Soundex code K640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K640.

Questions

How common is the surname Krell?: 2,913 people in the United States had the surname Krell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. It ranked 10,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Krell getting more or less common?: More common. 2,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,913 in 2010, up 22%.