The Kreider surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,365 people carried this name — #6,353 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,900 people counted. That is up 15% from 4,675 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

24 families named Kreider, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 145 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 24

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 249 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Kreider in American newspapers,
1908–1929.

Newspaper page from Alexandria Gazette carrying the name Kreider
Alexandria Gazette 1915-05-27
Newspaper page from The Rathdrum Tribune carrying the name Kreider
The Rathdrum Tribune 1908-02-21
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Kreider
Evening Star 1929-04-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,185 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kreider,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Aaron Shenk Kreider
    Aaron Shenk Kreider 1863–1929 · politician
  • Daniel Kreider 1782– · writer
  • Noble Kreider 1874–1959 · composer
  • Thomas Kreider 1910–1989
  • Carl Jonas Kreider 1914– · writer
  • Alan Kreider 1941–2017 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kreider,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States249 records

249 records of the Kreider name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 42
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lawren D. Kreider

    Born 1920 in Iowa. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold; welder from Cerro Gordo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Betti Kreider

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Belgravia from Hamburg, aged 20; tailor. From Pretra, Romania; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leighton Gale Kreider

    Born 1931; from Floyd County, Iowa. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 249 records for Kreider in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany39 records

39 records of the Kreider name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 38
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Richard Kreider

    From Coadjuthen, Tilsit. Reported missing in the Württemberg casualty list of 20 October 1916 (Grenadier Regiment No. 123).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Thomas Kreider

    Left Großherrischwand for North America in 1859.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Kreider

    From Hofheim, Worms. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 30 September 1915 (Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Kreider in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France5 records

5 records of the Kreider name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Pierre Joseph Kreider

    Born 1933 in Soultz-Haut-Rhin; died 1972 in Soultz-Haut-Rhin (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henriette Marie Therese Kreider

    Born 1906 in Rouceux (Vosges); died 1984 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louise Kreider

    Born 1912 in Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine); died 1998 in Salouël (Somme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Kreider in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Kreider name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jacob Kreider

    Buried in 1956 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Kreider name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Roelfien Jans Kreider

    Died 1847 in Nieuw-Buinen; born 1824 in Nieuwe Pekela.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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