Kraetz

surname · Latin script

Kraetz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 13Kas Kratz(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 64Kas Kratz
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 94Kas Kratz

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 Kraetz 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)

≈6,200 named Kratz, est.

Sources
294 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est., as Kratz

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KratzLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Kratz in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 5 more.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kraetz 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.

Where Kraetz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈6,200 est.≈1 in 13KlistedKratz135
US United States5,231as Kratz1 in 64K5.2KKratz294
IT Italy≈740 est.≈1 in 85K—Kratz3
GB United Kingdom≈700 est.≈1 in 94K—Kratz41
FR France≈560 est.≈1 in 122K75—3
SE Sweden416as Kratz1 in 25K416Kratz25
AT Austria≈140 est.≈1 in 63K—Kratz21
NZ New Zealand≈89 est.≈1 in 55K—Kratz8
JM Jamaica≈60 est.≈1 in 47K—Kratz1

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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Kraetz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

In which country does Kraetz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.2 thousand people named Kratz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kraetz?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,231 people named Kratz in 2010, about 1 in 64 thousand residents.

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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, “Kraetz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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