How common is the surname Kremer?

7,784 people in the United States had the surname Kremer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,664 Americans. It ranked 4,554th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kremer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kremer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kremer?

Michael Kremer, American development economist, followed by Marcos Kremer.

Where is the surname Kremer most common?

Wikidata records people named Kremer in the United States, Argentina and Belgium.

Is the surname Kremer getting more or less common?

More common. 7,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,784 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Kremer

A surname, carried by 7,784 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kremer is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

From German Kremer.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,784 people named Kremer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,664 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,160.

#4,554

rank among US surnames

7,784

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,549)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,549	Pitman	7,789	39,639
#4,550	Wooldridge	7,788	39,644
#4,553	Vargo	7,787	39,649
#4,554	Kremer	7,784	39,664
#4,555	Basile	7,783	39,669

Who is named Kremer

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

95% of people named Kremer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kremers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Kremer
American development economist, born 1964
Marcos Kremer
Argentine rugby union footballer (1997-)
Marie Kremer
Belgian actress, born 1982
Mitzi Kremer
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, born 1968

Notable Kremers come mostly from the United States (2), Argentina (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kremer

Kremer has the Soundex code K656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K656.

Questions

Where does the surname Kremer come from?: From German Kremer.
How common is the surname Kremer?: 7,784 people in the United States had the surname Kremer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,664 Americans. It ranked 4,554th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kremer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kremer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kremer?: Michael Kremer, American development economist, followed by Marcos Kremer.
Where is the surname Kremer most common?: Wikidata records people named Kremer in the United States, Argentina and Belgium.
Is the surname Kremer getting more or less common?: More common. 7,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,784 in 2010, up 8.7%.