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The Krumm surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,242 people carried this name — #13,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,237).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Krumm surname

From the German surname, from the adjective krumm (“crooked”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Krumm» (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 107 people named Krumm 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 Entre Ríos.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 58
Buenos Aires Province 35
Córdoba 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

106 people named Krumm live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 21
Bern 16
Aargau 14
Basel-Stadt 14
Zurich 11
Thurgau 8
St. Gallen 6
Geneva 5

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Krumm.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 9
Bas-Rhin 21
Paris 12
Moselle 10
Haut-Rhin 9
Yvelines 4
Loire 3
Côte-d’Or 3
Haute-Garonne 2

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

Who carried it

People named Krumm,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hermann Krumm
    Hermann Krumm 1855–1915 · writer
  • Luigi Krumm 1828–1899 · politician
  • Pompeo Krumm 1830–1913 · lawyer
  • Anton Krumm 1858–1905 · entrepreneur
  • August Krumm 1887–1942 · painter
  • Fritz Krumm 1893– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Krumm 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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