Krůger
surname · Latin script
Krůger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; see Krueger.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 860(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.1K
- USUnited States1 in 9.1Kas Krueger
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Krůger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 446 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 860 (inferred from the name graph)
≈71,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Krueger in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IE Ireland, Krüger in DE Germany, NO Norway and Kruger in ZA South Africa, DK Denmark.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; see Krueger.
Sources 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Krůger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #40 | ≈71,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Krüger | 161 |
| ZA South Africa | #48 | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 860 | — | Kruger | 139 |
| US United States | #485 | 36,743as Krueger | 1 in 9.1K | 37K | Krueger | 446 |
| BR Brazil | — | 12,545 | 1 in 17K | 13K | — | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Krueger | 139 |
| NO Norway | — | 942 | 1 in 5.8K | 942 | Krüger | 20 |
| DK Denmark | — | 867 | 1 in 6.8K | 867 | Kruger | 45 |
| IE Ireland | #636 | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 8.9K | — | Krueger | 23 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Krůger mean, and where does it come from?
- From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; see Krueger. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Krůger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 71 thousand people named Krůger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krüger.
- How common is the name Krůger?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 12,545 people named Krůger, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Krůger compared with other names?
- In Germany, Krůger is the 40th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Krůger” — the 40th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.