The Krull surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,111 people carried this name — #8,055 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,818 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Krull surname

From the German and Dutch surname, spelling variant of Kroll and Krol.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Krull» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

42 people named Krull live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Bern 12
Zurich 8
Ticino 6
Geneva 5
Vaud 4
Zug 4
Solothurn 3

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 33 people named Krull 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

Buenos Aires Province 17
Misiones 16

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

In the Nordic population registers

44 people named Krull is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 44

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

Krull in American newspapers,
1896–1912.

Newspaper page from The Caldwell Watchman carrying the name Krull
The Caldwell Watchman 1911-05-12
Newspaper page from Evening Capital News carrying the name Krull
Evening Capital News 1912-11-06
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Krull
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1896-03-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Krull in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

408 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Krull. The most, 91, date from the 1870s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 130
South Australia 118
Victoria 84
New South Wales 49
Tasmania 18
Western Australia 7
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Krull.

Who carried it

People named Krull,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johannes Krull 1610–1668 · jurist
  • Heinrich Krull 1660–
  • August Krull 1664–1664
  • Johann Christoph Krull 1690–
  • Engelhard Johann Krull 1693–1752 · mintmaster
  • Johann Heinrich Krull 1720–1758

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Krull,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States843 records

843 records of the Krull name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 473
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
  • Other U.S. records 247
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elmer Krull

    Born 1919 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Pittsburgh; sales clerk from Allegheny County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at St Joseph's Church, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michel Krull

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Russia from Hamburg, aged 43; laborer. From Zytomir, Poland, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Lee Krull

    Born 1949; from Herman, Minnesota. U.S. Army, medical equipment repairer; died of wounds 1970 in Cambodia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 843 records for Krull in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands831 records

831 records of the Krull name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 435
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 370
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 26
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Herm Henrich Krull

    Married in 1858 in Loppersum; day labourer. Died 1875 in Loppersum, aged 60.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Krull

    Married in 1890 in Hennaarderadeel. Died 1944 in Genemuiden, aged 78.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jacobus Krull

    Born 1881 in Doniawerstal. Died 1963 in Rotterdam, aged 81.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 831 records for Krull in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany685 records

685 records of the Krull name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 668
  • German emigration and citizenship files 17
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Richard Krull

    Born 1899; from Hamburg. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 5 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 368).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Wilhelm Krull

    Emigrated to North America in 1869.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Christian August Krull

    Emigrated to the United States in 1871.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 685 records for Krull in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Australia57 records

57 records of the Krull name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 41
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Other Australian records 9
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Krull

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Brewer, sailing from Sheerness in 1841. Native of London, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Christine Krull

    Arrived in Queensland in 1880 aboard the Dunbar Castle, aged 50.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David S. Krull

    Gentleman of Fitzroy, Victoria; died 1914.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 57 records for Krull in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Krull name in Canada City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Arnold Myles Krull

    Buried in 1962 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Krull name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Annelise Krull

    Born 1911 in Germany; died 2000 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Krull name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Bruno Kaino Krüll

    Born 1916 in Rauma; labourer. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Rauma.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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