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    The surname Krom

    A surname, carried by 1,699 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K650

    Krom: #16,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Krom #16,802, 1,699 people Krom: #16,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Krom #16,802, 1,699 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krom is more common than 89.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,699 people named Krom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,385.

    #16,802
    rank among US surnames
    1,699
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,412)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,798Kuss1,700181,615
    #16,802Legler1,699181,722
    #16,809Porcaro1,698181,829

    Who is named Krom

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

    93% of people named Krom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Krom

    Krom has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Krom?
    1,699 people in the United States had the surname Krom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. It ranked 16,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krom?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Krom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Krom getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,699 in 2010, up 23%.