Dutch: variant spelling of Kroll.Polish
(Król) and Jewish (from Polish): from Polish król
‘king’, a Polish nickname for someone with a superior manner or for a
leader in a community, or a metonymic occupational name for someone
who worked in a royal household. As a Jewish name it is an ornamental
adoption. Compare Kral.Polish and Jewish
(eastern Ashkenazic): nickname or ornamental name from Polish
król ‘rabbit’, Ukrainian krol. See also
Krolik.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Krol
Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Krol last name
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Krol last name
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Krol census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Krol surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry.co.uk.
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