How common is the surname Krupa?

4,073 people in the United States had the surname Krupa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,803 Americans. It ranked 8,138th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Krupa?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krupa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Krupa?

Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973).

Where is the surname Krupa most common?

Wikidata records people named Krupa in the United States.

Is the surname Krupa getting more or less common?

More common. 4,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,073 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Krupa

A surname, carried by 4,073 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krupa is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

* As a Polish, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Lower Sorbian and Slovak surname, from the noun krupa (“groats”). Compare Kruppa. * As a Czech surname, variant of Kroupa. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krupa (“sleet, hail”), related to the above.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,073 people named Krupa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,803 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,006.

#8,138

rank among US surnames

4,073

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,133	Rennie	4,076	75,747
#8,135	Slay	4,075	75,766
#8,137	Jerez	4,074	75,784
#8,138	Krupa	4,073	75,803
#8,139	Weekley	4,072	75,822

Who is named Krupa

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

96% of people named Krupa identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Krupas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gene Krupa
American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Krupa

Krupp

Krupa has the Soundex code K610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K610.

Questions

Where does the surname Krupa come from?: * As a Polish, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Lower Sorbian and Slovak surname, from the noun krupa (“groats”). Compare Kruppa. * As a Czech surname, variant of Kroupa. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krupa (“sleet, hail”), related to the above.
How common is the surname Krupa?: 4,073 people in the United States had the surname Krupa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,803 Americans. It ranked 8,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Krupa?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krupa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Krupa?: Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973).
Where is the surname Krupa most common?: Wikidata records people named Krupa in the United States.
Is the surname Krupa getting more or less common?: More common. 4,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,073 in 2010, up 1.7%.