Crefeld Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Crefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1261:638,93250,304
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Crefeld Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Crefeld Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Crefeld is most common in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crefeld? popularity and diffusion

The last name Crefeld is the 1,380,086th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Crefeld live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Crefeld is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 638,932. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 21 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live. Barring Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Crefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Crefeld has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Crefeld surname grew 1,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Crefeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Crefeld are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.

Crefeld earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.93% more than the national average, earning $50,452 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Crefeld
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