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    The surname Kruger

    A German occupational surname, carried by 13,898 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K626

    Kruger: #2,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kruger #2,591, 13,898 people Kruger: #2,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kruger #2,591, 13,898 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kruger is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; from German Krüger. Literally, “pub-keeper, tavern-keeper, innkeeper”

    Kruger 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 13,898 people named Kruger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,215 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,599.

    #2,591
    rank among US surnames
    13,898
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,439)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,583Ouellette13,98422,078
    #2,584Beam13,97222,097
    #2,585High13,96122,115
    #2,586Sebastian13,93422,158
    #2,587Donohue13,91922,182
    #2,588Moeller13,91522,188
    #2,589Luther13,90622,202

    Who is named Kruger

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

    94% of people named Kruger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Krugers

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barbara Kruger
      American conceptual artist (born 1945)
    • Otto Kruger
      American actor (1885-1974)
    • Ehren Kruger
      American film screenwriter and producer, born 1972
    • Walter Krüger
      (1892– 1973) German tank general
    • Justin Kruger
      American psychologist, born 2000
    • Leondra Kruger
      American lawyer and judge, born 1976

    Notable Krugers come mostly from the United States (5) and Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kruger

    Kruger 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 Kruger come from?
    From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; from German Krüger. Literally, “pub-keeper, tavern-keeper, innkeeper”
    How common is the surname Kruger?
    13,898 people in the United States had the surname Kruger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,215 Americans. It ranked 2,591st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kruger?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kruger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kruger?
    Barbara Kruger, American conceptual artist (born 1945), followed by Otto Kruger.
    Where is the surname Kruger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kruger in the United States and Germany.
    What type of surname is Kruger?
    Kruger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kruger getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,599 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,898 in 2010, up 2.2%.
    What are other spellings of Kruger?
    Kreger, Kreeger, Kreoger, Kreuger, Kroeger and Kroger.