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    The surname Krog

    A German surname, carried by 592 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K620

    Krog: #37,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Krog #37,591, 592 people Krog: #37,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Krog #37,591, 592 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krog is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from krog (“corner, nook”). * As a Danish, north German and Norwegian surname, from German Krug (“pub, inn”), which is also found in Swedish krog. * Also as a north German surname, from Middle Low German kroch (“enclosed piece of pasture”), from Proto-Germanic *kruftaz (“a hill; a curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend; arch, crook, curve”). Likely related to crop. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krug (“ring, circle”, also "wooded area, forest").

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 592 people named Krog in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 590.

    #37,591
    rank among US surnames
    592
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #35,957)

    Who is named Krog

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

    94% of people named Krog identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Krog

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Krog come from?
    * As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from krog (“corner, nook”). * As a Danish, north German and Norwegian surname, from German Krug (“pub, inn”), which is also found in Swedish krog. * Also as a north German surname, from Middle Low German kroch (“enclosed piece of pasture”), from Proto-Germanic…
    How common is the surname Krog?
    592 people in the United States had the surname Krog in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. It ranked 37,591st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krog?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Krog identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Krog getting more or less common?
    More common. 590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 592 in 2010, up 0.3%.