The Krause surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 34,345 people carried this name — #932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,860 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
3,865 people named Krause have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,761 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 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
780 people named Krause 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 274 people named Krause.
127 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Krause 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
Krause in American newspapers,
1911–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 125,602 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Krause,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rudolph Wilhelm Krauß 1612–1689 · politician -
Christian Gottfried Krause 1719–1770 · composer -
Johann Wilhelm Krause 1757–1828 · architect -
Arthur Krause 1851–1920 · naturalist -
Martin Krause 1853–1918 · musicographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 173 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krause.
- 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
- Kraus 18,107 · 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
- Krawiec 1,076 · U.S. census
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