How common is the last name Kraus?

17,934 people in the United States have the last name Kraus, about 1 in 16,667. It ranks #1,965 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KRAUS

#1,965

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,934
About
1 in 16,667
This common or more
47.6%
Who bears it

Of the 17,934 people with the last name Kraus, 93% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kraus

#1,963 Chavarria · 17,946#1,964 Espinal · 17,941#1,966 Arriaga · 17,928#1,967 Mansfield · 17,921

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kraus, most common first.

#1,058 Krause · 32,639#5,193 Krauss · 6,496#24,781 Krausz · 1,050#36,342 Krass · 663#48,441 Krus · 471#52,687 Kras · 425#75,363 Krous · 276

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