Where Does the Krus Surname Come From?

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Kruse surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

What Krus means

Krus is an established spelling of the German surname Kruse. Name scholars give the meaning as “Curly-haired”.

Krus drops the “e” of Kruse, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Cruse and Kruze. The 2010 US Census counted 491 people named Krus, ranking it number 43,885 among American surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Kraus, Krause and Krauss.

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