Kraus is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kraus
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kraus

How popular is Kraus?

Kraus is common in United States.

Kraus is ranked 4575 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kraus bearers increased by 5.086431 per cent in 2010 US census to 19028 since 2000, the surname slipped by 70 spots and ranked at 1890. The last name was found in around 64 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.51 96.63
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.48
Others 1.17 1.02
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.41
Black 0.39 0.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.24
Kraus is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 119101 people have been found who wears Kraus as their family name. Kraus is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
11,480 Japan4
12,383 Armenia4
27,602 Nigeria4
20,541 Peru3
9,097 Wales3
2,967 Vietnam3
5,139 Bolivia2
37,372 Georgia2
20,186 Kenya2
8,593 Slovenia2
1,848 Madagascar2
26,123 Malaysia2
3,014 Taiwan2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
10,858 Tunisia2
6,688 Malawi1
6,212 Jamaica1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,578 Guam1
19,533 Uruguay1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
28,746 Algeria1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
5,924 Paraguay1
16,283 Lithuania1
3,952 Yemen1
3,307 Malta1
3,071 Jersey1
15,162 Costa Rica1
14,618 Guyana1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
90,903 Moldova1
3,350 Fiji1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
12,953 Finland48
8,316 Portugal46
2,494 Thailand44
13,773 Denmark39
31,418 Belarus38
19,446 Kyrgyzstan31
14,963 Scotland26
18,889 New Zealand26
248,789 Indonesia25
11,685 Singapore24
3,343 China13
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,372 Norway92
3,998 Latvia88
11,021 Chile81
9,781 Serbia57
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Kraus:
9,084 France992
1,028 Switzerland873
3,543 Netherlands726
9,663 England667
1,275 Slovakia560
4,828 Romania480
21,931 Italy459
6,247 Kazakhstan429
6,932 Australia416
15,361 South Africa402
9,264 Uzbekistan378
16,872 Ukraine336
455 Estonia322
13,136 Spain265
39,199 Philippines258
3,335 Croatia253
16,087 Mexico236
170 Luxembourg198
6,128 Hungary196
6,823 Sweden138
8,698 Colombia122
15,081 Belgium119
4,793 Bulgaria117
2,754 Panama114
Countries with thousands of Kraus:
95 Austria5,108
199 Czech Republic4,287
4,002 Brazil3,546
1,614 Poland3,294
7,728 Russia2,401
570 Israel1,802
3,904 Canada1,180
4,504 Argentina1,150
Countries with ten thousands of Kraus:
52 Germany63,009
1,683 United States23,415
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old infant Barbara Kraus and 27 years old infant Aron Kraus who were residing in Ireland migrated to USA on September 29, 1848 by Diadem put out from Messina.

Comments

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Diana Salone
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the Germanic kraus, which means curly this nickname was attributed to people with curly hair.

Kraus Namesakes

  • Adalbert Kraus, Musical Artist
  • Agnes Kraus, Actor
  • Agnes Kraus, Actor
  • Alanna Kraus, Short Track Speed Skater
  • Aleda Krause, Author
  • Alejandra Krauss, Politician
  • Oliver Krauss, Musician
  • Alexis Krauss, Musician
  • Alfredo Kraus, Tenor
  • Aliha Krause, Actress
  • In 2016 fantasy, mystery flick, Genius Loci, Maximilian Kraus played Stephan.
  • Maren Kraus, from 2018 comedy, crime flick Bearkittens, who portrayed Janine Winter.

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