The Kreutz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 996 people carried this name — #24,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 918 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Kreutz.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haute-Marne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Kreutz live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 37 people named Kreutz 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
112 people named Kreutz 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).
Who carried it
People named Kreutz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Feliks Kreutz 1844–1910 · politician -
Feliks Kreutz 1844–1910 · politician
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Rudolf Kreutz 1857–1927 · archaeologist -
Margrethe Kreutz 1863–1922 · reindeer herder -
Heinrich Kreutz 1808–1879 · politician
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Heinrich Kreutz 1854–1907 · astronomer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kreutz.
- Kremer 7,784 · 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
- Kreutzer 2,223 · U.S. census
- Kribs 362 · U.S. census
- Krick 3,720 · U.S. census
- Krieg 4,314 · U.S. census
- Kriegel 1,098 · U.S. census
- Krieger 11,521 · U.S. census
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