Frequency: (159)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch: nickname for someone with long curly hair, from Middle Dutch crook ‘curly’.
2. Swedish (also found in Finland): variant of Krok.
3. Respelling of Polish and Ashkenazic Jewish Kruk.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 8%; Finnish 6%; German 5%. Evald, Lennart, Oluf; Eero, Jorma, Orvo, Saara; Kurt (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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