The Kruk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,724 people carried this name — #16,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 12% from 1,546 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kruk surname
Possibly from Polish Kruk.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kruk» (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
19,034 people named Kruk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 21,818 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 Masovian.
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 429 people named Kruk 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Kruk.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Aube.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 48 people named Kruk 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Kruk live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 the Nordic population registers
83 people named Kruk 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 Kruk,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kruk Ivan Markovovich 1861– · politician -
Joseph Kruk 1885–1972 · politician
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Joseph Kruk 1885–1972 · politician
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Józef Kruk 1885–1967
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Cornelis Reindert Kruk 1893–1960 · carpenter
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Herman Kruk 1897–1944 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kruk.
- 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
- Kruger 13,898 · 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
- Krys 146 · U.S. census
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