How common is the surname Kruse?

20,584 people in the United States had the surname Kruse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,999 Americans. It ranked 1,741st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kruse?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kruse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kruse?

Robbie Kruse, Australian association football player, followed by Pam Kruse.

Where is the surname Kruse most common?

Wikidata records people named Kruse in Australia, the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.

Is the surname Kruse getting more or less common?

More common. 20,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,584 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Kruse

A surname, carried by 20,584 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kruse is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,584 people named Kruse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,999 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,019.

#1,741

rank among US surnames

20,584

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,637)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,732	Milton	20,703	14,913
#1,734	Timmons	20,671	14,936
#1,735	Palma	20,636	14,962
#1,736	Escalante	20,626	14,969
#1,737	Cahill	20,623	14,971
#1,738	Schaffer	20,614	14,977
#1,739	Guidry	20,600	14,988

Who is named Kruse

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

95% of people named Kruse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kruses

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robbie Kruse
Australian association football player, born 1988
Pam Kruse
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, born 1950
Line Damkjær Kruse
Badminton player, born 1988

Notable Kruses come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Denmark (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kruse

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kruse?: 20,584 people in the United States had the surname Kruse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,999 Americans. It ranked 1,741st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kruse?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kruse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kruse?: Robbie Kruse, Australian association football player, followed by Pam Kruse.
Where is the surname Kruse most common?: Wikidata records people named Kruse in Australia, the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Is the surname Kruse getting more or less common?: More common. 20,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,584 in 2010, up 2.8%.