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    The surname Kruk

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,724 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K620

    Kruk: #16,630 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kruk #16,630, 1,724 people Kruk: #16,630 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kruk #16,630, 1,724 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kruk is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Possibly from Polish Kruk.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,724 people named Kruk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,087 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,546.

    #16,630
    rank among US surnames
    1,724
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,960)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,624Nie1,725178,983
    #16,630Vanriper1,724179,087
    #16,635Debellis1,723179,191

    Who is named Kruk

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

    96% of people named Kruk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kruk

    Kruk has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kruk come from?
    Possibly from Polish Kruk.
    How common is the surname Kruk?
    1,724 people in the United States had the surname Kruk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,087 Americans. It ranked 16,630th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kruk?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kruk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kruk getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,724 in 2010, up 12%.