How common is the surname Kroll?

11,098 people in the United States had the surname Kroll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,820 Americans. It ranked 3,253rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kroll?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kroll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kroll?

Nick Kroll, American comedian and actor, followed by Lucien Kroll.

Where is the surname Kroll most common?

Wikidata records people named Kroll in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Kroll getting more or less common?

More common. 10,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,098 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Kroll

A nickname surname, carried by 11,098 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). Kroll is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

* As a German and Dutch surname, from a nickname meaning "curly (haired);" see curl. * As a German and Polish surname, spelling variant of Krol. * Also as a German surname, from Kröll, from the Germanic personal name Rollo, from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame, victory”).

Kroll is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,098 people named Kroll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,820 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,731.

#3,253

rank among US surnames

11,098

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,098)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,244	Warden	11,135	27,727
#3,245	Muir	11,130	27,740
#3,246	Samson	11,123	27,757
#3,247	Ezell	11,121	27,762
#3,248	Switzer	11,114	27,780
#3,249	Pardo	11,104	27,805
#3,250	Eller	11,103	27,807

Who is named Kroll

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

95% of people named Kroll identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krolls

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nick Kroll
American comedian and actor, born 1978
Lucien Kroll
Belgian architect (1927–2022)
William Kroll
American musician (1901–1980)

Notable Krolls come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kroll

Kroll 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 Kroll come from?: * As a German and Dutch surname, from a nickname meaning "curly (haired);" see curl. * As a German and Polish surname, spelling variant of Krol. * Also as a German surname, from Kröll, from the Germanic personal name Rollo, from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame, victory”).
How common is the surname Kroll?: 11,098 people in the United States had the surname Kroll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,820 Americans. It ranked 3,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kroll?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kroll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kroll?: Nick Kroll, American comedian and actor, followed by Lucien Kroll.
Where is the surname Kroll most common?: Wikidata records people named Kroll in the United States and Belgium.
What type of surname is Kroll?: Kroll is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Kroll getting more or less common?: More common. 10,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,098 in 2010, up 3.4%.