The Krahenbuhl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 484 people carried this name — #44,423 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 480 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,611 people named Krahenbuhl live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Krahenbuhl.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.
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 print
Krahenbuhl in American newspapers,
1890–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Krahenbuhl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Krahenbuhl 1833–1885 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krahenbuhl.
- Kozlowski 10,358 · U.S. census
- Kozma 1,294 · U.S. census
- Kracher 137 · U.S. census
- Kraemer 7,726 · U.S. census
- Krafft 1,211 · U.S. census
- Kraft 22,035 · U.S. census
- Krajewski 3,416 · U.S. census
- Krakowiak 366 · U.S. census
- Krakowski 962 · U.S. census
- Kramer 63,936 · U.S. census
- Kramp 1,433 · U.S. census
- Krantz 6,436 · U.S. census
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