Kron Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Arms linked to Krohn and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Kron usually leads back to Krohn. Name scholars give the meaning as “A nickname from the crane”.

Without the “h” of Krohn, Kron is a simpler written form of the same name. You may also find the name written Kroon and Crohn. The 2010 census count for Kron in the United States was 2,351, good for rank 13,057. Between 1891 and 2000, 187 babies born in France were registered as Kron, with the most births in 1921–1930.

Want more than a summary? See the Kron family name pack.