Kr Surname

211,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,944 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Israel

Kr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,5421:497,44825,083
Israel2781:30,7834,369
Taiwan711:330,2082,647
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China21:683,660,78330,601
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kr (3,697) may also be a first name.

Kr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kr (Bengali: কুমার, Hindi: कु, Russian: Кр, Tibetan: ཀུ་མར་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kr? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kr is the 211,958th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,748,738 people. The last name Kr occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kr are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 115,997th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,697 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 1,542 people, or 1 in 497,448. In India Kr is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 62 percent reside, Gujarat, where 18 percent reside and West Bengal, where 7 percent reside. Not including India this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 14 percent reside and Taiwan, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kır8024,789/
Kær80217/
Khr8053/
Ckr8032/
Krr8028/
Kkr8020/
Krh8011/
Hkr8011/
Kcr809/
Gkr805/
Krz804/
Krå802/
Kår802/
Qkr802/
Kqr801/
Kåår679/
Gkhr677/
Ckcr674/
Kqur673/
Khrt673/
Qukr672/
Ckrt672/
Ckqr672/
Hgkr672/
Gckr672/
Krrh672/
Kqrt672/
Kqrr672/
Kqkr671/
Kcqr671/
Khrh671/
Khrd671/
Kgqr671/
Kgkr671/
Krhp671/
Kckr671/
Khhr671/
Kørp671/
Khrz671/
Qkhr671/
Ckhr671/
Ckrd671/
Ckrp671/
Cqkr671/
Kkrt671/
Krzr671/
Krzz671/
Krrr671/
Hkkr671/
Hkqr671/
Hkrh671/
Hkrt671/
Kkqr671/
Kkrp671/
Krjz670/

Kr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kr in the Tibetan language
ཀུ་མར་kumar-
Kr in the Bengali language
কুমারkumara90.52
কুku9.48
Kr in the Hindi language
कुku85.09
कुमारkumara8.28
केआरke'ara6.17
कृkr0.15
्रra0.15
क्र्kr0.15
Kr in the Russian language
Крkr-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kr
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