How common is the surname Kreps?

1,901 people in the United States had the surname Kreps in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kreps?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kreps identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kreps?

David M. Kreps, American economist.

Where is the surname Kreps most common?

Wikidata records people named Kreps in the United States.

Is the surname Kreps getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, down 4.6%.

The surname Kreps

A Czech surname, carried by 1,901 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kreps is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Kreps, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

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 1,901 people named Kreps in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. That is down 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,992.

#15,409

rank among US surnames

1,901

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-4.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,402	Frew	1,903	162,241
#15,406	Delfin	1,902	162,327
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Kreps

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

95% of people named Kreps identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krepss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David M. Kreps
American economist, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kreps

Kreps has the Soundex code K612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K612.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kreps come from?: Borrowed from Czech Kreps, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
How common is the surname Kreps?: 1,901 people in the United States had the surname Kreps in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kreps?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kreps identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kreps?: David M. Kreps, American economist.
Where is the surname Kreps most common?: Wikidata records people named Kreps in the United States.
Is the surname Kreps getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, down 4.6%.