How common is the surname Kring?

2,263 people in the United States had the surname Kring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,432 Americans. It ranked 13,456th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kring?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kring getting more or less common?

More common. 1,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,263 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Kring

A surname, carried by 2,263 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). Kring is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, from obsolete Kring (“ring, circle”), now Kringel. * Also as a German surname, named after Saint Quirinus of Rhineland. * As a Swedish surname, from kring (“quick, lively”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,263 people named Kring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,432 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,759.

#13,456

rank among US surnames

2,263

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+28.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,340)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,453	Carstensen	2,264	136,372
#13,456	Mankin	2,263	136,432
#13,462	Trottier	2,262	136,492

Who is named Kring

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

94% of people named Kring identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%

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 Kring

Kerins

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

Questions

Where does the surname Kring come from?: * As a German surname, from obsolete Kring (“ring, circle”), now Kringel. * Also as a German surname, named after Saint Quirinus of Rhineland. * As a Swedish surname, from kring (“quick, lively”).
How common is the surname Kring?: 2,263 people in the United States had the surname Kring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,432 Americans. It ranked 13,456th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kring?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kring getting more or less common?: More common. 1,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,263 in 2010, up 29%.