Kroupa: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

The spelling Kroupa grew out of Krupa, a Polish surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “groats”, the same as for Krupa.

How the spelling arose

Records show Kroupa as one of the forms Krupa took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Krupka and Krupiński.

Kroupa by the numbers

893 Americans were listed as Kroupa in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Arms associated with the name

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

Research your Kroupa family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.