The Kranz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,141 people carried this name — #6,589 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,922 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
396 people named Kranz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 491 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
98 people named Kranz live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 67 people named Kranz.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Kranz live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
37 people named Kranz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Kranz in American newspapers,
1901–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,389 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kranz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hugo Kranz 1834–1902 · politician -
Ignacy Kranz 1854–1924 · teacher -
Ludwig Kranz 1829–1913 · entrepreneur
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Cajetan Anton Kranz 1839–1886 · physician
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Wilhelm Kranz 1853–1930 · illustrator
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Josef Kranz 1862–1934 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kranz.
- 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
- Kraska 767 · U.S. census
- Krasniqi 874 · U.S. census
- Kratz 5,231 · U.S. census
- Kratzer 3,490 · U.S. census
- Kraus 19,028 · U.S. census
- Krause 34,722 · U.S. census
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