The Kruth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 252 people carried this name — #76,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 10% from 281 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Kruth.
Those born in France came from 6 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
34 people named Kruth have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 41 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
128 people named Kruth are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kruth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferdinand Kruth 1804–1863
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Jean-Pierre Kruth 1952– · engineer
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John Kruth 1955– · writer
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Dieter Brand-Kruth 1963– · teacher
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Andre Kruth 1976– · engineer
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Noah Kruth 2003– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kruth.
- Kruger 13,898 · 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
- Krys 146 · U.S. census
- Krysiak 756 · U.S. census
- Krzak 263 · U.S. census
- Krzeminski 941 · U.S. census
- Krzyzaniak 303 · U.S. census
- Krzyzanowski 691 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kruth is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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