The Cramer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 29,666 people carried this name — #1,077 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,090 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
162 people named Cramer live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Cramer.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Cramer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cramer in American newspapers,
1868–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 195,782 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cramer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Cramer 1568–1637 · writer -
Catharina Cramer 1655–1746 · midwife -
Gabriel Cramer 1704–1752 · physicist -
Johann Andreas Cramer 1723–1788 · writer -
Peter Cramer 1726–1782 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 182 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cramer.
- Coz 242 · U.S. census
- Cozzi 1,418 · U.S. census
- Cozzolino 905 · U.S. census
- Crabbe 1,563 · U.S. census
- Cracco 134 · U.S. census
- Craff 114 · U.S. census
- Crammer 464 · U.S. census
- Crance 527 · U.S. census
- Crane 37,123 · U.S. census
- Crapanzano 187 · U.S. census
- Crater 1,554 · U.S. census
- Crave 100 · U.S. census
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