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    The surname Kriss

    A surname, carried by 1,462 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K620

    Kriss: #18,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kriss #18,757, 1,462 people Kriss: #18,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kriss #18,757, 1,462 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kriss is more common than 88.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,462 people named Kriss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,303.

    #18,757
    rank among US surnames
    1,462
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,751Jansson1,463211,036
    #18,757Wilker1,462211,180
    #18,766Graddy1,461211,325

    Who is named Kriss

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

    95% of people named Kriss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kriss

    Kriss has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kriss?
    1,462 people in the United States had the surname Kriss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. It ranked 18,757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kriss?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kriss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kriss getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,462 in 2010, up 12%.