The Kruger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,898 people carried this name — #2,591 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 13,599 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kruger surname
From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; see Krueger.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kruger» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,292 people named Kruger 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
797 people named Kruger live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Poland’s population register
746 people named Kruger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,329 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 Greater 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 250 people named Kruger.
124 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
1,353 people named Kruger are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kruger in American newspapers,
1884–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 132,611 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kruger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Kruger 1825–1904 · politician -
Ricardo Kruger Lei 1869–1940 · settler -
Jankieĺ Kruhier 1869–1940 · artist -
Alma Kruger 1871–1960 · actor -
Art Kruger 1881–1949 · baseball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 162 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kruger.
- Kromer 2,375 · U.S. census
- Kron 2,351 · U.S. census
- Kronenberger 527 · U.S. census
- Kropp 3,500 · U.S. census
- Krstic 373 · U.S. census
- Krug 7,827 · U.S. census
- Kruk 1,724 · U.S. census
- Krumenacker 401 · U.S. census
- Krumm 2,242 · U.S. census
- Krupa 4,073 · U.S. census
- Krupka 837 · U.S. census
- Kruth 252 · U.S. census
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