The Krasniqi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 874 people carried this name — #27,556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 82% from 480 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
9,790 people named Krasniqi live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,049 people named Krasniqi 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Krasniqi.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nièvre.
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 the Nordic population registers
2,547 people named Krasniqi are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Krasniqi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mazhar Krasniqi 1931–2019 · politician -
Memli Krasniqi 1980– · politician -
Olsi Krasniqi 1992– · rugby league player -
Liridon Krasniqi 1992– · association football player -
Dejzi 1993– · fashion designer -
Hysni Krasniqi 1942– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 45 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krasniqi.
- 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
- Kraska 767 · 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
- Krauss 6,865 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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