as a Last Name
- 18,398
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Kraus
Meaning & Origins
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krūs ‘curly’, ‘crinkly’, German kraus.
| 1,684th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,398
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Kraus per capita
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