# Krieger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/krieger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,521 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,133 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,799 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.6% (10,704 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Krieger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Krieger in the United States, Brazil and Austria.

## People named Krieger

- Robby Krieger, American guitarist (born 1946)
- Ali Krieger, American soccer player
- Mike Krieger, Brazilian entrepreneur and software developer
- Murilo Ramos Krieger, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and primate of Brazil
- Eduard Krieger, Austrian footballer (1946–2019)
- Lee Toland Krieger, American film director and screenwriter (born 1983)
- Edino Krieger, Brazilian composer (1928-2022)

## Similar surnames

Krueger, Kruger, Kroeger, Kreger, Kroger, Kreiser, Kroeker, Kircher, Karcher, Kraker, Krikorian, Kirker.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.