Krebs

10,742 people in the United States were counted with the surname Krebs in the 2020 census, making it the 3,279th most common in the country. That is about one person in 27,800.

By the numbers

People: 10,742
Rank: 3,279th
How common: 1 in 27,800
Per 100,000: 3.6

Where the name comes from

Origin German

As a German, gsw, and occasionally Danish surname, from the noun Krebs (“crab”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Krebs described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Krebs

Hans Krebs (1900–1981)German-British biochemist
Edwin G. Krebs (1918–2009)American biochemist
Hans Krebs (1898–1945)German general
Emil Krebs (1867–1930)German polyglot and sinologist
Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)German composer and musician
Ernst Krebs (1906–1970)German sprint canoeist
Richard Krebs (1906–1996)German sprinter
Carl Krebs (1889–1971)Danish gymnast

People named Krebs with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Krebs

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.