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The Kreutzer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,223 people carried this name — #13,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,208 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 169 people named Kreutzer.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Bas-Rhin 44
Moselle 24
Haut-Rhin 14
Paris 13
Orne 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Charente 8
Nord 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

113 people named Kreutzer live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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

Zurich 29
Valais 16
St. Gallen 14
Aargau 13
Geneva 12
Vaud 11
Thurgau 8
Bern 7

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 63 people named Kreutzer 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 35
Buenos Aires Province 28

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Kreutzer in American newspapers,
1915–1927.

Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Kreutzer
The Poplar Standard 1927-04-29
Newspaper page from The Weekly Iberian carrying the name Kreutzer
The Weekly Iberian 1915-06-05
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Kreutzer
The Ronan Pioneer 1927-04-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,104 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kreutzer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rodolphe Kreutzer
    Rodolphe Kreutzer 1766–1831 · composer
  • Jean Jacob Kreutzer d. 1783 · musician
  • Jean Jacob Kreutzer d. 1782 · musician
  • Nikolaus Creutzer d. 1525 · Catholic bishop
  • Johannes Kreutzer 1424–1468 · theologian
  • Antoni Kreutzer 1477–1552 · chronicler

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Kreutzer is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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