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The surname Krumm

A surname, carried by 2,242 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K650

Krumm: #13,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Krumm #13,531, 2,242 people Krumm: #13,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Krumm #13,531, 2,242 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krumm is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, from the adjective krumm (“crooked”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,242 people named Krumm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,710 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,237.

#13,531
rank among US surnames
2,242
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+0.2%
change since 2000 (was #12,682)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,525Peralez2,243137,648
#13,531Stringham2,242137,710
#13,536Seiber2,241137,771

Who is named Krumm

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

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

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
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 Krumm

Krumm 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 Krumm come from?
From the German surname, from the adjective krumm (“crooked”).
How common is the surname Krumm?
2,242 people in the United States had the surname Krumm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,710 Americans. It ranked 13,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krumm?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krumm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Krumm getting more or less common?
More common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,242 in 2010, up 0.2%.