The Kremer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,784 people carried this name — #4,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 7,160 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,122 people named Kremer.
96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
560 people named Kremer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 733 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 469 people named Kremer 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
140 people named Kremer live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 128 people named Kremer 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
55 people named Kremer 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).
In print
Kremer in American newspapers,
1825–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,555 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kremer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mathias Cremerius Peltzer 1465–1557 · university teacher -
Christoph Jakob Kremer 1722–1777 · historian -
George Kremer 1775–1854 · politician -
Petrus Kremer 1801–1888 · painter -
Johannes Kremer d. 1440 · writer
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Adam Friedrich Kremer d. 1723 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kremer.
- Kreber 168 · U.S. census
- Krebs 11,067 · U.S. census
- Kreder 194 · U.S. census
- Krein 1,057 · U.S. census
- Kreiss 487 · U.S. census
- Kreitz 849 · U.S. census
- Kremp 167 · U.S. census
- Kremser 245 · U.S. census
- Kress 7,528 · U.S. census
- Kretz 1,112 · U.S. census
- Kreutter 181 · U.S. census
- Kreutz 996 · U.S. census
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