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    The surname Kroger

    A German occupational surname, carried by 1,758 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K626

    Kroger: #16,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kroger #16,376, 1,758 people Kroger: #16,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kroger #16,376, 1,758 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kroger is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    Kroger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 1,758 people named Kroger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,689.

    #16,376
    rank among US surnames
    1,758
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,825)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,370Yutzy1,759175,523
    #16,376Kroger1,758175,623
    #16,385Trepanier1,757175,723

    Who is named Kroger

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

    91% of people named Kroger identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kroger

    Kroger has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kroger come from?
    From German Krüger. Literally, “pub-keeper, tavern-keeper, innkeeper”
    How common is the surname Kroger?
    1,758 people in the United States had the surname Kroger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kroger?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kroger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Kroger?
    Kroger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kroger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, up 4.1%.
    What are other spellings of Kroger?
    Kreger, Kreeger, Kreoger, Kreuger, Kroeger and Krooger.