Krause (German for ruffle) is a common German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 64.9% of all known bearers of the surname Krause were residents of Germany (frequency 1:531), 20.6% of the United States (1:7,541), 3.5% of Brazil (1:24,831), 2.4% of South Africa (1:9,550), 2.1% of Poland (1:7,891), 1.4% of Canada (1:11,446) and 1.2% of Australia (1:8,488).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:531) in the following states:

• 1. Brandenburg (1:204)

• 2. Saxony-Anhalt (1:240)

• 3. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:250)

• 4. Berlin (1:279)

• 5. Saxony (1:305)

• 6. Schleswig-Holstein (1:345)

• 7. Thuringia (1:388)

• 8. Lower Saxony (1:448)

• 9. Bremen (1:464)

• 10. Hamburg (1:506)

People

• Alan Krause (1931–2023), Australian rules footballer

• Allison Krause (1951–1970), student at Kent State University, Ohio who was shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard

• Arnulf Krause (born 1955), German philologist

• Asuman Krause, German-born former model and singer of mixed Turkish and German descent

• Aurel Krause, (1848–1908), German geographer known today for his early ethnography of the Tlingit Indians of southeast Alaska, brother of Albert Krause and great grand uncle of Tory Bruno

• Axel Krause (born 1958), German painter and graphic artist

• Barbara Krause (born 1959), East German freestyle swimmer

• Beaver & Krause, musical duo made up of Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause

• Benjamin Krause, German rugby union player

• Bernhard Krause, (1910–1945), an Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II

• Bernie Krause (born 1938), an American bioacoustician

• Bob Krause (athletic director) (1945–2015), athletic director at Kansas State University

• Bob Krause (politician) (born 1950), American politician from Iowa

• Brian Krause (born 1969), American actor

• Brigitte Krause (1929–2007), East German actress

• Carolyn H. Krause (born 1938), American politician from Illinois

• Charles I. Krause (1911–2002), American labor union organizer and local executive

• Charles Krause (gymnast), an American gymnast and Olympic medalist

• Cheryl Ann Krause (born 1968), American judge from Pennsylvania

• Chester Krause (1923–2016), American numismatist and publisher

• Christiane Krause (born 1950), German athlete who competed mainly in the 100metres

• Christopher Krause (born 1984), German footballer

• Dagmar Krause (born 1950), German singer

• Dieter Krause (1936–2020), East German-German sprint canoer

• Dominik Krause (born 1990), German politician (Greens)

• Elisabeth Krause, German-American astronomer

• Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause (1859–1942), German botanist

• Ernst Henry Krause (1913–1989), American nuclear physicist and aerospace executive

Ernst Krause (disambiguation), several people

• Ernst Krause (biologist) (1839–1903), German biologist

• Ernst Krause (entomologist) (1899–1987), German entomologist

• Ernst Krause (musicologist) (1911–1997), German musicologist

• Ernst Henry Krause (1913–1989), American physicist

• Fedor Krause (1857–1937), German neurosurgeon who was native of Friedland

• Georg Krause (1901–1986), German cinematographer

• Georg Krause (oologist) (1858–1915), German oologist

• George Krause (born 1937), American artist photographer

• Gérard Krause (born 1965), German epidemiologist

• Gesa Felicitas Krause (born 1992), German athlete

• Greg Krause (born 1976), Arena Football League offensive lineman for the Los Angeles Avengers

• Gundula Krause (born 1966), German folk violinist

• Günther Krause (born 1953), German politician

• Gustavo Krause (born 1946), Brazilian lawyer and politician

• Hans-Henrik Krause (1918–2002), Danish actor and film director

• Harry Krause (1888–1940), professional baseball player

• Helga Krause (1935–1989), German film editor

• Henry Krause (1913–1987), American football offensive lineman

• Horst Krause (1941–2025), German actor

• James Krause (fighter) (born 1986), American mixed martial artist

• James Krause (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer

• Jerry Krause (1939–2017), American basketball scout and general manager

• Johann Gottlob Krause (1760–1802), American master mason

• Johann Wilhelm Krause (botanist) (1764–1842), German botanist

• John Krause (born 1983), American soccer player

• Jon Krause (born 1981), Australian politician from Queensland

• Kai Krause (born 1957), software artist, UI designer and founder of MetaCreations Corp

• Karina Krause (born 1989), Thai volleyball player

• Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832), German philosopher

• Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause (1797–1868), German anatomist

• Karl Wilhelm Krause, (1911–2001), SS officer, personal orderly and bodyguard to Adolf Hitler

• Konstantin Krause (born 1967), retired German long jumper

• Lawrence B. Krause (born 1929), American economist

• Martin Krause (mathematician) (1851–1920), German mathematician and university rector

• Martin Krause (1853–1918), German concert pianist, piano teacher and writer on music

• Matt Krause (born 1980), American attorney and politician from Texas

• Max Krause (1909–1984), American football running back

• Mel Krause (1928–2008), American college baseball coach and player at the University of Oregon

• Michael Krause (1946–2024), German field hockey player,

• Mikkel Krause (born 1988), Danish curler

• Moose Krause (1913–1992), collegiate basketball player during the 1930s

• Nadine Krause (born 1982), German handball player

• Nell Krause (1895–1982), American politician from Nebraska, first woman to serve in unicameral legislature

• Orla Hermann Krause (1867–1935), Danish chess master and analyst

• Otto Krause (1856–1920), Argentine engineer and educator

• Paul Krause (born 1942), American football defensive back

• Paul von Krause (1852–1923), German politician

• Peter Krause (born 1965), American film and television actor and film producer

• Peter Krause (artist), American illustrator and comic book artist

• Petra Krause (1939–2025), German-Italian communist militant

• Piet Krause (born 1973), South African rugby union footballer

• Rainelle Krause (1988–2026), American opera singer

• Roswitha Krause (born 1949), German swimmer and team handball player

• Rudolf Krause (1907–1987), racing driver from East Germany

• Ryan Krause (born 1981), American football tight end

• Sharon Krause (born 1966), American philosopher

• Shawn Krause (animator), American animator

• Sigrun Krause (born 1954), former East German cross country skier who competed during the 1970s

• Sonja Krause (1933–2021), Swiss-American polymer chemist

• Tina Krause (born 1970), American actress and model

• Tom Krause (1934–2013), Finnish operatic baritone

• Tom Krause (business executive) (born 1977/78), American corporate executive and civil servant

• Uwe Krause (born 1955), German former footballer

• Wilhelm Krause (anatomist) (1833–1910), German anatomist who was born in Hannover

• Wolf-Rüdiger Krause (born 1944), German football coach and a former player

Krause can also refer to:

• Krause Bottom, a riparian forest area on the Elwha River along the Geyser Valley trail in Olympic National Park, Washington

• Krause Music Store, a two-story building in Chicago, the last commission by architect Louis Sullivan

• Krause Publications, a publisher of magazines and books, especially their series of Standard Catalog of World Coins which are often referred to as the Krause Catalogues

• Krause-Kivlin syndrome, a hereditary syndrome that mainly affects the eyes, growth and development

• Krause's glands, small, mucous accessory lacrimal glands that are found underneath the eyelid where the upper and lower conductive meet

• Bulboid corpuscle, cutaneous receptors in the human body

• Otto Krause Technical School, an educational institution in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Villa Krause, the city of the Argentine of San Juan in the Cuyo Iowa

See also

• Kraus

• Krauss

• Krauze

• Krausz

References