Kram Surname

69,208th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Kram Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Kramp (edge); dweller at the brim or edge.

Kram Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5541:233,24322,437
Germany1,0611:75,8779,605
Algeria8761:44,1007,760
Cambodia6731:23,0121,370
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Poland3291:115,52817,308
Ukraine3141:144,97720,261
Pakistan2801:638,0149,945
Netherlands2721:62,08510,675
Russia2081:692,89959,039
Indonesia1471:899,65467,360
India1421:5,401,869131,616
Chile1261:139,8134,899
South Africa1031:525,99742,056
Canada881:418,70036,754
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
England541:1,031,81650,675
Sweden421:234,44716,276
Luxembourg421:13,8222,948
Estonia351:37,7667,217
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Australia291:930,88655,860
Austria281:304,12334,120
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Norway71:734,61250,907
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
France41:16,605,680368,153
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

The alternate forms: Krám (92) are calculated separately.

Kram (2,561) may also be a first name.

Kram Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Kramp (edge); dweller at the brim or edge.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kram Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kram (Georgian: კრამ, Hindi: क्रम, Marathi: केराम, Oriya: କାମ, Russian: Крам) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Krám. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kram? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 69,208th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,017,103 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 34 percent of Kram reside; 23 percent reside in North America and 23 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Kram is also the 145,539th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 2,561 people.

Kram is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,554 people, or 1 in 233,243. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 13 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Kram exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent live and Algeria, where 12 percent live.

Kram Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kram has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kram last name rose 1,554 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kram Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kram last name is primarily Orthodox (81%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kram last name are 4.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.21% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kram earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.97% more than the national average, earning 477,497 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.78% less than the national average, earning R 55,188 per year; in United States they earn 11.31% more than the national average, earning $48,030 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.61% more than the national average, earning $54,459 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krám9292/
Kramm895,113/
Kraim891,399/
Kream89289/
Krame89214/
Krahm89176/
Khram89109/
Kraam8986/
Kraum8959/
Kraym8914/
Krram899/
Krham891/
Kkram891/
Kramme801,510/
Khraim80561/
Kraham80201/
Kraume80189/
Kramhe8019/
Khrram806/
Kraime802/
Khramm801/
Krraam801/
Khhram801/
Gkhram801/
Kreame800/
Krom7510,095/
Cram759,111/
Qram7542/
Kramova73212/
Kramová7332/
Khrrram731/
Khramova6718,734/
Kromm673,221/
Crame671,702/
Cramm671,533/
Krome671,486/
Cream671,045/
Kroum67813/
Khrom67692/
Krohm67584/
Kreim67507/
Kroom67463/
Quram6711/
Kromh6711/
Craim6710/
Kkrom677/
Kraymova676/
Qraym674/
Kraimova673/
Cramt672/
Kreum672/
Krhom672/
Craam672/
Kroim672/
Crham671/
Craum671/
Khraimeh671/
Krrom671/
Krzom671/
Ckrom671/

Kram Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kram in the Georgian language
კრამkram-
Kram in the Marathi language
केरामkerama-
Kram in the Oriya language
କାମkama66.67
କମkama33.33
Kram in the Hindi language
क्रमkrama59.38
विvi23.44
कर्मkarma7.81
करमkarama6.25
Kram in the Russian language
Крамkram-

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