Frequency: (4407)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German and Dutch: nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krol ‘curly’, Middle Low German krulle ‘ringlet’, ‘curl’, Middle Dutch croel, crul (apparently a loanword from German).
2. German and Polish: variant of Krol.
3. German: (also Kröll): from the Germanic personal name Rollo, based on hrōd ‘renown’, ‘victory’.
4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Krol.
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