How common is the surname Krol?

4,025 people in the United States had the surname Krol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,707 Americans. It ranked 8,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krol?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Krol?

John Krol, American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996).

Where is the surname Krol most common?

Wikidata records people named Krol in the United States.

Is the surname Krol getting more or less common?

More common. 3,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,025 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Krol

A surname, carried by 4,025 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krol is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

From the Dutch surname Kroll or the Polish surname Król.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,025 people named Krol in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,707 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,781.

#8,235

rank among US surnames

4,025

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,076)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,226	Bonin	4,034	76,536
#8,227	Canning	4,033	76,555
#8,228	Polito	4,032	76,574
#8,229	Colucci	4,031	76,593
#8,230	Dearman	4,030	76,612
#8,231	Larrabee	4,028	76,650
#8,232	Chery	4,027	76,669

Who is named Krol

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

96% of people named Krol identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krols

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Krol
American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krol

Krol has the Soundex code K640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K640.

Questions

Where does the surname Krol come from?: From the Dutch surname Kroll or the Polish surname Król.
How common is the surname Krol?: 4,025 people in the United States had the surname Krol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,707 Americans. It ranked 8,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krol?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Krol?: John Krol, American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996).
Where is the surname Krol most common?: Wikidata records people named Krol in the United States.
Is the surname Krol getting more or less common?: More common. 3,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,025 in 2010, up 6.5%.