Explore the Family Name Kraushaar

The meaning of Kraushaar

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krūs ‘curly’ + hār ‘hair’ or modern German kraus + Haar. Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt.

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How common is the last name Kraushaar in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kraushaar has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 31,339 when compared to all other surnames but fell to 32,079 in 2010, marking a drop of 2.36%. Despite this fall in rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname Kraushaar increased from 699 in 2000 to 719 in 2010, resulting in a growth rate of 2.86%. However, the proportion per 100,000 population decreased by 7.69%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,339	#32,079	-2.36%
Count	699	719	2.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kraushaar

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some variance in the ethnic identity associated with the Kraushaar surname from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White dropped slightly from 95.28% to 93.74%. There was a significant increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, going from 0.72% to 1.39%, an impressive growth of 93.06%. The percentage of individuals identifying as of Hispanic ethnicity also grew from 2.29% to 3.48%, marking a 51.97% increase. Those identifying as two or more races saw a decline from 1.43% to 0.70%. The categories for Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero, indicating no individuals identified with these ethnicities for the surname Kraushaar during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.28%	93.74%	-1.62%
Hispanic	2.29%	3.48%	51.97%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.72%	1.39%	93.06%
Two or More Races	1.43%	0.7%	-51.05%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%