Kraków Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kraków Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kraków Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland481:791,84963,527
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Krakow (1,563) are calculated separately.

Kraków Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kraków occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Krakow. For other potential spellings of Kraków click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kraków? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Kraków occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Kraków live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 791,849. Not including Poland Kraków is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krakow941,563/
Kraśków924/
Krakaw830/
Krackow77205/
Kraskow7740/
Krakowa773/
Krańców771/
Krotków771/
Krankaw771/
Kreaukaw711/
Krakov67431/
Kracaw6764/
Crakow6738/
Kracow6721/
Krokow677/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kraków
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