How common is the surname Krenz?

1,584 people in the United States had the surname Krenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. It ranked 17,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krenz?

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

Is the surname Krenz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,584 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Krenz

A surname, carried by 1,584 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krenz is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,584 people named Krenz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,633.

#17,709

rank among US surnames

1,584

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #16,260)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,709	Whitlatch	1,584	194,915
#17,717	Brodersen	1,583	195,038

Who is named Krenz

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

96% of people named Krenz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krenz

Krenz has the Soundex code K652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K652.

Questions

How common is the surname Krenz?: 1,584 people in the United States had the surname Krenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. It ranked 17,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krenz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Krenz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,584 in 2010, down 3.0%.