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    The surname Kroft

    A surname, carried by 639 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K613

    Kroft: #35,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kroft #35,246, 639 people Kroft: #35,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kroft #35,246, 639 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kroft is more common than 78.3% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, Americanized from Kraft, sometimes via Czech or Dutch. Compare Croft.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 639 people named Kroft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 483,170 Americans. That is down 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 692.

    #35,246
    rank among US surnames
    639
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #31,592)

    Who is named Kroft

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

    96% of people named Kroft identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    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 Kroft

    Kroft has the Soundex code K613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K613.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kroft come from?
    From the German surname, Americanized from Kraft, sometimes via Czech or Dutch. Compare Croft.
    How common is the surname Kroft?
    639 people in the United States had the surname Kroft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 483,170 Americans. It ranked 35,246th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kroft?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kroft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kroft getting more or less common?
    Less common. 692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 639 in 2010, down 7.7%.