Kraatz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. habitational name from a place in Brandenburg named Kraatz
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈkɹɑts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kraatz is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)1. habitational name from a place in Brandenburg named Kraatz. 2. variant of Kratz 1.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Kraatz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Zu eingedeutschtem Pankraz; kurz a vorgegeben. Mögliche Konkurrenz zu ahd. Rufname Chrazo oder Siedlungsname Kraatz. 1081 Belege. Karte zeigt a-/aa-Vokalvariation (Kratz vs. Kraatz).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Wohl Herkunftsname zum Siedlungsnamen Kraatz (Sachsen-Anhalt/Brandenburg), als Patronym zu Pancratius weniger wahrscheinlich. 959 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronym zu (lat.) Pancratius; zeigt a/aa-Variation im Haupttonvokalismus. Bearer count: 1081.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, ON Potsdam
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In gmw-ecg, scabies
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Alexander von Kraatz-Koschlaub. 1817PLPrussian General of the Infantry (1817-1897)
- Gustav Kraatzb. 1831DEGerman entomologist (1831-1909)
- Helmut Kraatzb. 1902DEGerman physician (1902–1983)
- Fritz Kraatzb. 1906CHSwiss ice hockey player (1906-1992)
- Gabi Kraatzb. 1954DEGerman badminton player
- Victor Kraatzb. 1971CACanadian ice dancer
- Luise Kraatzb. 1990DEGerman snooker referee
- Jeramey Kraatzwriter
- Leopold KraatzDEGerman engraver
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,370 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 963 | #24,368 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 953 | #26,900 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 46 | #24,437 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 20 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 17 | #27,958 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #199,521 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #349,272 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #167,456 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Kraatz come from?
- 1. habitational name from a place in Brandenburg named Kraatz. 2. variant of Kratz 1. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Kraatz?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹɑts/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kraatz mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. habitational name from a place in Brandenburg named Kraatz.
- In which country does Kraatz have the most bearers?
- Kraatz is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Kraatz?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kraatzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kraatz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.