Explore the Family Name Krumrey

The meaning of Krumrey

1. North German: variant of Krumreihn, from Middle Low German krum ‘bent, crooked’ + rein ‘ridge, margin of a field’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in the bank or edge of a field or by a field with a crooked boundary. 2. German: from an old personal name, from Old High German hruom ‘fame’. Some characteristic forenames: German Dietmar, Ulrike.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Krumrey saw a slight decline in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 55,237th most popular surname in the United States, and by 2010, it had dropped slightly to the 55,962nd position, indicating a -1.31% change. However, this did not stop the count of individuals bearing this surname from rising. In 2000, there were 348 people with this surname; this number increased by 5.17% to 366 by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,237	#55,962	-1.31%
Count	348	366	5.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Krumrey

Regarding the ethnicity of those with the surname Krumrey, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows minimal changes between 2000 and 2010. The largest ethnic group, by far, identifying with this surname is White, with 95.69% in 2000 and 95.36% in 2010, a negligible decline of -0.34%. The Hispanic representation among those with the surname saw a 16.22% increase, moving from 2.59% in 2000 to 3.01% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native backgrounds holding the surname Krumrey in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.69%	95.36%	-0.34%
Hispanic	2.59%	3.01%	16.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%