How common is the surname Krieger?

11,521 people in the United States had the surname Krieger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,799 Americans. It ranked 3,133rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krieger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krieger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Krieger?

Robby Krieger, American guitarist (born 1946), followed by Ali Krieger.

Where is the surname Krieger most common?

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

Is the surname Krieger getting more or less common?

More common. 10,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,521 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Krieger

A surname, carried by 11,521 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krieger is more common than 98.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,521 people named Krieger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,799 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,704.

#3,133

rank among US surnames

11,521

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,106)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,124	Keeler	11,546	26,740
#3,126	Menard	11,543	26,747
#3,127	Ricci	11,534	26,768
#3,128	Burkholder	11,532	26,773
#3,129	Poindexter	11,531	26,775
#3,130	Coyne	11,525	26,789
#3,132	Ellington	11,522	26,796

Who is named Krieger

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

95% of people named Krieger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kriegers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robby Krieger
American guitarist (born 1946)
Ali Krieger
American soccer player, born 1984
Mike Krieger
Brazilian entrepreneur and software developer, born 1986
Murilo Ramos Krieger
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and primate of Brazil, born 1943
Eduard Krieger
Austrian footballer (1946–2019)
Lee Toland Krieger
American film director and screenwriter (born 1983)
Edino Krieger
Brazilian composer (1928-2022)

Notable Kriegers come mostly from the United States (3), Brazil (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krieger

Krieger has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.

Questions

How common is the surname Krieger?: 11,521 people in the United States had the surname Krieger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,799 Americans. It ranked 3,133rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krieger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krieger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Krieger?: Robby Krieger, American guitarist (born 1946), followed by Ali Krieger.
Where is the surname Krieger most common?: Wikidata records people named Krieger in the United States, Brazil and Austria.
Is the surname Krieger getting more or less common?: More common. 10,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,521 in 2010, up 7.6%.