# Kriz (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,459 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,786 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 211,614 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.6% (1,545 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Kříž, Slovak Kríž, or Slovene Križ.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kriz 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kriz in the United States and Australia.

## People named Kriz

- Frank Kriz, American gymnast
- Nicole Kriz, Australian tennis player

## Similar surnames

Kurz, Kreis, Kriss, Krise, Krieg, Krick, Kirk, Krause, Kruse, Kraus, Kirsch, Kersey.

## 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.