The Kraus surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 18,107 people carried this name — #1,820 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,900 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
2,349 people named Kraus have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,662 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 Silesian.
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
573 people named Kraus live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 325 people named Kraus.
111 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 44 people named Kraus 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 Luxembourg Province.
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
Kraus in American newspapers,
1869–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 104,454 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kraus,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Gottlieb Krause 1684–1736 · writer -
Georg Melchior Kraus 1737–1806 · painter -
Christian Jakob Kraus 1753–1807 · writer -
Joseph Martin Kraus 1756–1792 · composer -
Marianne Kraus 1765–1838 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 117 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kraus.
- 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
- Kratzer 3,484 · U.S. census
- Krause 34,345 · U.S. census
- Krauser 579 · U.S. census
- Krauss 6,815 · U.S. census
- Kraut 1,214 · U.S. census
- Krauth 736 · U.S. census
- Krawczyk 3,415 · U.S. census
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