Kreuzer

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in German: kreuzer (coin)

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • ATAustria≈1 in 5.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 11K
  • USUnited States1 in 402K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,100 people, est.

Sources
155 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Kreuzer is read(measured from records)

Kreuzer is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • German55%

    kreuzer (coin)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    from a coin name meaning 'kreuzer'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • English34%

    A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kreuzer 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 Kreuzer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈7,100 est.≈1 in 11K—Kreuzer138
CN China—≈6,000 est.≈1 in 232K—Kreuzer2
AT Austria#344≈1,600 est.≈1 in 5.6K—Kreuzer81
US United States—8271 in 402K860Kreuzer155
CH Switzerland—4791 in 18K479Kreuzer27
CZ Czechia—971 in 110K97—1
SI Slovenia—231 in 91K23—2

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)

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

  • English surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Kreûzer

  • Thai surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written ครูเซ่อร์, ครอยเซอร์, ครูเซอร์, คร์เซอร์, Crecer

35 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)

1850190019502000Hermann Kreuzer, b. 1850Oscar Kreuzer, b. 1887Anton Kreuzer, b. 1895Heiner Kreuzer, b. 1944Lisa Kreuzer, b. 1945Philipp Kreuzer, b. 1949Thomas Kreuzer, b. 1959Martin Kreuzer, b. 1962Oliver Kreuzer, b. 1965Chiara Kreuzer, b. 1997

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Kreuzer, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Kreuzer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020860#29,300
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010827#28,777
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000775#28,888
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024479#2,715
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—97#17,193
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—97#7,847
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—23#12,495
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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 Kreuzer come from?
A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Kreuzer?
In the etymology graph, Kreuz is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Kreuzer?
A machine transcription gives /kʁɔʏ̯tsɐ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Kreuzer mean?
In German, kreuzer (coin)
In which country does Kreuzer have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.1 thousand people named Kreuzer in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kreuzer.
How common is the name Kreuzer?
In the United States, the national register counted 827 people named Kreuzer in 2010, about 1 in 402 thousand residents.
How common is Kreuzer compared with other names?
In Austria, Kreuzer is the 344th most common surname of 127,275 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, “Kreuzer” — the 344th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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