The Kraska surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 767 people carried this name — #30,442 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 3% from 794 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kraska surname
Inherited from Old Polish Kraska or later from Krasa + -ka.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kraska» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
4,537 people named Kraska have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,941 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 Masovian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 108 people named Kraska 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Kraska.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Kraska live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Kraska 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).
Who carried it
People named Kraska,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcin Kraska 1884– · farmer
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Katarzyna Kraska 1890– · farmer
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Maria Kraska 1912–
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Leokadia Kraska 1913–
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Pelagia Kraska 1926–
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Bronislaw Kraska 1929–
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kraska.
- 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
- Kranz 5,141 · 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
- Krauser 561 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kraska is.
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