How common is the surname Kron?

2,351 people in the United States had the surname Kron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. It ranked 13,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kron?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kron getting more or less common?

More common. 2,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,351 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Kron

A surname, carried by 2,351 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kron is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

German, Swedish, Yiddish and Jewish surname, from the noun Krone (“crown, garland”). Compare Cron, Cronn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,351 people named Kron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,144.

#13,057

rank among US surnames

2,351

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,085)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214
#13,053	Class	2,352	131,269
#13,057	Vowell	2,351	131,325
#13,065	Crownover	2,350	131,381

Who is named Kron

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

94% of people named Kron identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kron

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

Questions

Where does the surname Kron come from?: German, Swedish, Yiddish and Jewish surname, from the noun Krone (“crown, garland”). Compare Cron, Cronn.
How common is the surname Kron?: 2,351 people in the United States had the surname Kron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. It ranked 13,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kron?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kron getting more or less common?: More common. 2,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,351 in 2010, up 9.7%.