Krauel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from Middle High German krbuwel, krewel ‘fork with hooked tines’, ‘claw’, applied as a nickname for a brusque or curtperson, or a house name

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɹaʊəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Krauel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 147K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 391K
  • ARArgentina1 in 429K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

242 people, 2010

Sources
32 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 147K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Middle High German krbuwel, krewel ‘fork with hooked tines’, ‘claw’, applied as a nickname for a brusque or curtperson, or a house name.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Krauel 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 Krauel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2421 in 1.4M247Krauel15
AR Argentina1061 in 429K106Krauel19
ES Spain921 in 544K92Krauel32
FI Finland381 in 147K38—1
BR Brazil341 in 6.2M34Krauel19
DK Denmark151 in 391K15——

242 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Krauel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kraüel

  • Lao surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos

    Also written เคราเวล

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Christian Krauel, b. 1800Richard Krauel, b. 1848Wilhelm Krauel, b. 1876Tecla Lumbreras Krauel, b. 1954Sophie Krauel, b. 1985

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)

FormalDear Krauel,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Krauel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020247#82,347
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010242#78,821
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000216#81,414
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—106—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—92#29,170
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—92#29,046
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—38#28,844
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—34#136,957
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—15#30,024
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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

What does the name Krauel mean, and where does it come from?
from Middle High German krbuwel, krewel ‘fork with hooked tines’, ‘claw’, applied as a nickname for a brusque or curtperson, or a house name. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Krauel?
A machine transcription gives /kɹaʊəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Krauel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 242 people named Krauel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krauel.
Where is Krauel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Krauel is densest in Finland — about 1 in 147 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Krauel?
In the United States, the national register counted 242 people named Krauel in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million 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, “Krauel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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