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    The surname Krueger

    A German occupational surname, carried by 36,743 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K626

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krueger is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    South German and Jewish surname Krüger, from German Krüger. Literally, “pub-keeper, tavern-keeper, innkeeper”, from the noun senses Krug (“jug”) and Krug (“inn, pub”). Compare Krug.

    Krueger 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 36,743 people named Krueger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,403 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 36,694.

    #946
    rank among US surnames
    36,743
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #863)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #937Frye36,9738,351
    #938Sheppard36,9608,354
    #939McCarty36,9448,357
    #940Avalos36,9228,362
    #941Booker36,8408,381
    #942Waller36,8058,389
    #943Parra36,7658,398

    Who is named Krueger

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

    96% of people named Krueger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kruegers

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alan B. Krueger
      American economist (1960–2019)
    • Anne Osborn Krueger
      American economist, born 1934
    • Steven Krueger
      American actor, born 1989
    • John-Henry Krueger
      American-Hungarian short-track speed skater, born 1995
    • Bob Krueger
      American politician (1935–2022)
    • William Kent Krueger
      American author and novelist, born 1950
    • Kandace Krueger
      American beauty pageant contestant, born 1976
    • Mitchell Krueger
      American tennis player, born 1994
    • Brooke Krueger-Billett
      Australian hammer thrower, born 1980

    Notable Kruegers come mostly from the United States (8) and Australia (1).

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Krueger

    Krueger 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 Krueger come from?
    South German and Jewish surname Krüger, from German Krüger. Literally, “pub-keeper, tavern-keeper, innkeeper”, from the noun senses Krug (“jug”) and Krug (“inn, pub”). Compare Krug.
    How common is the surname Krueger?
    36,743 people in the United States had the surname Krueger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,403 Americans. It ranked 946th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krueger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krueger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Krueger?
    Alan B. Krueger, American economist (1960–2019), followed by Anne Osborn Krueger.
    Where is the surname Krueger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Krueger in the United States and Australia.
    What type of surname is Krueger?
    Krueger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Krueger getting more or less common?
    More common. 36,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,743 in 2010, up 0.1%.
    What are other spellings of Krueger?
    Kreger, Kreeger, Kreoger, Kreuger, Kroeger and Kroger.