The Krol surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,025 people carried this name — #8,235 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,781 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Krol surname
From the Dutch surname Kroll or the Polish surname Król.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Krol» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
49,009 people named Krol have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 53,802 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 Lesser Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 403 people named Krol.
146 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
120 people named Krol live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Krol 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 41 people named Krol 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 Antwerp.
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
167 people named Krol 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
Krol in American newspapers,
1897–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,369 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Krol,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nikolay Krol 1823–1871 · writer -
Lyubov Ivanovna Kusheleva-Bezborodko (nee Krol) 1829–1900 · art collector -
Mikhail Krol 1879–1939 · physician -
Jan Krol 1908–1994 · politician -
John Krol 1910–1996 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 80 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Krol.
- Krieger 11,521 · U.S. census
- Krier 3,090 · U.S. census
- Krikorian 1,439 · U.S. census
- Krim 375 · U.S. census
- Krimm 254 · U.S. census
- Kriner 2,093 · U.S. census
- Krolak 545 · U.S. census
- Krolik 337 · U.S. census
- Kromer 2,375 · U.S. census
- Kron 2,351 · U.S. census
- Kronenberger 527 · U.S. census
- Kropp 3,500 · U.S. census
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