Kroll Surname

13,298th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kroll Surname Definition:

(Polish) One connected in some way with a king’s household; one who played the part of a king in pageants.

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Kroll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany22,3621:3,600391
United States15,1171:23,9773,022
Poland1,2601:30,1664,603
Brazil7181:298,15411,485
Canada4431:83,1739,255
Australia1971:137,03414,802
France1921:345,95252,007
England1491:373,94726,392
Slovakia1451:36,8036,775
Netherlands1311:128,91020,052
Austria1171:72,78111,082
South Africa1151:471,11039,128
Russia1121:1,286,81392,220
Argentina1061:403,24030,872
Denmark981:57,5995,874
Switzerland941:87,3719,726
Peru831:382,94112,571
Chile601:293,6088,514
Estonia581:22,7904,104
Sweden571:172,75011,943
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
New Zealand381:119,16614,967
Israel331:259,32223,464
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Czechia261:408,98046,580
Paraguay231:314,6414,957
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Ecuador161:994,11514,535
Norway131:395,56035,657
Finland121:458,05828,977
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
China61:227,886,92811,701
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Wales51:618,90625,852
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8451:59,4306,565

The alternate forms: Króll (1) are calculated separately.

Kroll (90) may also be a first name.

Kroll Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One connected in some way with a king’s household; one who played the part of a king in pageants.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname refers to a person who raises rabbits.

- mkroll87

Kroll Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kroll Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kroll (Arabic: كرول, Russian: Кролл) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Króll. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kroll? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 13,298th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 173,224 people. The surname Kroll is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Kroll are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kroll is also the 1,005,046th most frequently held first name globally, held by 90 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 22,362 people, or 1 in 3,600. In Germany Kroll is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 8 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname is found in 76 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Poland, where 3 percent are found.

Kroll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kroll has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kroll last name grew 1,789 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,355 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kroll Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States Kroll are 7.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.14% registered with the party.

The amount Kroll earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 89.17% more than the national average, earning 654,669 kr per year; in Peru they earn 141.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 46,850 per year; in South Africa they earn 177.06% more than the national average, earning R 658,404 per year; in United States they earn 10.7% more than the national average, earning $47,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.26% more than the national average, earning $50,308 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Króll931/
Kroell91613/
Krolle91104/
Khroll915/
Kroëll912/
Krooll912/
Krollt911/
Kroull910/
Krol8917,674/
Krull8013,927/
Krall809,041/
Croll804,345/
Khrol801,583/
Krüll801,407/
Králl80226/
Kroul80203/
Krohl80157/
Krole80109/
Krool8080/
Kroel8074/
Krosl8043/
Krold801/
Kroil801/
Kro'l801/
Krúll801/
Krollová7728/
Krollova771/
Krotil73334/
Kralle73204/
Crolle73173/
Krošel73127/
Croell7396/
Krňoul7394/
Krosel7391/
Kroisl7345/
Krgolh7331/
Krulle7328/
Krogli7321/
Krocil7316/
Kroutl7315/
Khrole7313/
Krotel7310/
Krallh7310/
Krohle737/
Crroll737/
Kraall735/
Krahll734/
Kroyle732/
Krouhl731/
Krosle731/
Kroule731/
Khrrol731/
Croull730/
Crooll730/
Kraull730/
Kroschell7118/
Kral6713,691/
Král6710,390/
Krul675,308/
Kroutil67954/
Krusell67790/
Król67520/
Crol67241/
Kroszel6777/
Krolová6745/
Kroisel6736/
Krolova6735/
Krutell6728/
Krůl6724/
Crosell6722/
Kroutel6719/
Krousel6713/
Krasell678/
Krossel677/
Kærholt676/
Kròl673/
Krúl673/
Kroitel671/
Kroosil671/
Krasill671/
Crocell671/
Croulle671/
Qucroll671/
Krôl671/
Kroucil671/
Krousil671/

Kroll Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kroll in the Russian language
Кроллkroll-
Kroll in the Arabic language
كرولkrwl-

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