The Kramer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 63,023 people carried this name — #474 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,280 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,791 people named Kramer live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 Poland’s population register
956 people named Kramer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,242 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 418 people named Kramer.
184 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 88 people named Kramer 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 Liège.
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
Kramer in American newspapers,
1906–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 261,726 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kramer.
- Krafft 1,165 · U.S. census
- Kraft 21,579 · U.S. census
- Krahenbuhl 480 · U.S. census
- Krajewski 3,426 · U.S. census
- Krakowiak 374 · U.S. census
- Krakowski 986 · U.S. census
- Kramp 1,185 · U.S. census
- Krantz 6,055 · U.S. census
- Kranz 4,922 · U.S. census
- Kraska 794 · U.S. census
- Krasniqi 480 · U.S. census
- Kratz 4,373 · U.S. census
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