How common is the surname Kriz?

1,459 people in the United States had the surname Kriz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. It ranked 18,786th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kriz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kriz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kriz?

Frank Kriz, American gymnast, followed by Nicole Kriz.

Where is the surname Kriz most common?

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

Is the surname Kriz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,459 in 2010, down 5.6%.

The surname Kriz

A surname, carried by 1,459 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kriz is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

From Czech Kříž, Slovak Kríž, or Slovene Križ.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,459 people named Kriz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. That is down 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,545.

#18,786

rank among US surnames

1,459

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,972)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,778	Quinney	1,460	211,470
#18,786	Weisenberger	1,459	211,614
#18,793	Cort	1,458	211,760

Who is named Kriz

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

95% of people named Kriz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krizs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Kriz
American gymnast, 1894–1955
Nicole Kriz
Australian tennis player, born 1983

Notable Krizs come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kriz

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

Questions

Where does the surname Kriz come from?: From Czech Kříž, Slovak Kríž, or Slovene Križ.
How common is the surname Kriz?: 1,459 people in the United States had the surname Kriz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. It ranked 18,786th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kriz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kriz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kriz?: Frank Kriz, American gymnast, followed by Nicole Kriz.
Where is the surname Kriz most common?: Wikidata records people named Kriz in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Kriz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,459 in 2010, down 5.6%.