# Kroeger (surname)

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

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,402 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,552 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,138 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (4,335 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kreger, Kreeger, Kreoger, Kreuger, Kroger, Krooger, Kröger, Krøger, Krueger, Kruger |

## Etymology

From German Krüger. Literally, “pub-keeper, tavern-keeper, innkeeper”

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kroeger 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kroeger in the United States and Nazi Germany.

## People named Kroeger

- Berry Kroeger, American actor (1912-1991)
- Erhard Kroeger, Baltic German politician (NSDAP), MdR, SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1905–1987)

## Similar surnames

Krueger, Kruger, Krieger, Kreger, Kroger, Kreiser, Kroeker, Kircher, Karcher, Kraker, Krikorian, Kirker.

## 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.