Kramer Surname
Approximately 199,334 people bear this surname
Kramer Surname Definition:
V. Cramer
Kramer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 90,111 | 1:4,022 | 441 |
| Germany | 59,497 | 1:1,353 | 103 |
| Netherlands | 15,371 | 1:1,099 | 51 |
| Kazakhstan | 4,398 | 1:4,021 | 551 |
| Brazil | 3,966 | 1:53,977 | 2,073 |
| Canada | 3,026 | 1:12,176 | 1,805 |
| Switzerland | 2,909 | 1:2,823 | 349 |
| Russia | 2,718 | 1:53,025 | 6,955 |
| Austria | 2,548 | 1:3,342 | 329 |
| South Africa | 2,339 | 1:23,163 | 2,944 |
| Denmark | 1,535 | 1:3,677 | 323 |
| Australia | 1,323 | 1:20,405 | 2,829 |
| Poland | 1,222 | 1:31,104 | 4,753 |
| England | 1,100 | 1:50,653 | 6,276 |
| Argentina | 936 | 1:45,666 | 3,858 |
| France | 850 | 1:78,144 | 10,992 |
| Slovenia | 625 | 1:3,980 | 710 |
| Sweden | 322 | 1:30,580 | 2,499 |
| Thailand | 319 | 1:221,437 | 37,236 |
| Romania | 307 | 1:65,400 | 7,858 |
| Spain | 302 | 1:154,808 | 11,333 |
| Czechia | 213 | 1:49,922 | 8,359 |
| Belgium | 192 | 1:59,878 | 9,649 |
| Norway | 183 | 1:28,100 | 3,856 |
| New Zealand | 180 | 1:25,157 | 4,394 |
| Chile | 166 | 1:106,123 | 3,949 |
| Ukraine | 163 | 1:279,280 | 36,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Croatia | 136 | 1:31,093 | 6,358 |
| Japan | 128 | 1:998,784 | 20,070 |
| Belarus | 121 | 1:78,521 | 12,586 |
| Bolivia | 121 | 1:87,739 | 3,729 |
| Mexico | 109 | 1:1,138,773 | 14,108 |
| Estonia | 96 | 1:13,769 | 2,151 |
| Uruguay | 94 | 1:36,508 | 4,223 |
| Hungary | 88 | 1:111,549 | 10,635 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Slovakia | 75 | 1:71,153 | 13,810 |
| Nicaragua | 68 | 1:88,545 | 1,791 |
| Venezuela | 67 | 1:450,807 | 8,956 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Ireland | 56 | 1:84,088 | 4,852 |
| Latvia | 51 | 1:40,197 | 6,121 |
| Italy | 45 | 1:1,359,038 | 78,318 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45 | 1:203,606 | 14,059 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Luxembourg | 37 | 1:15,690 | 3,536 |
| Scotland | 34 | 1:157,465 | 9,168 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Serbia | 32 | 1:223,280 | 12,990 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Finland | 23 | 1:238,987 | 19,121 |
| Ecuador | 22 | 1:722,993 | 12,618 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Marshall Islands | 16 | 1:3,239 | 698 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 1:542,969 | 40,072 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Transnistria | 4 | 1:118,675 | 12,470 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 123 | 1:198,174 | 15,835 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,536 | 1:5,266 | 660 |
The alternate forms: Krämer (75,183), Krámer (202) & Kramér (1) are calculated separately.
Kramer (751) may also be a first name.
Kramer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
V. Cramer
(Dutch) Mercer, Pedlar [Dutch kramer]
(Ger.) Shopkeeper, Tradesman, Haberdasher [from (with agential suff. -er) Ger. kram, retail trade, shop, small wares; Middle High German krâm = Dutch kraam, booth, stock, wares] See Cramer in Dict.
“Shopkeeper” in German.
(Dutch, German) The shopkeeper or tradesman; one who traveled through the country buying butter, hens and eggs which he carried to the market in a cram or pack on his back.
Kramer Demographics
Average Kramer Salary in
United States
$47,170 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kramer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kramer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kramer (Arabic: كرامير, Russian: Крамер) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Krämer, Krámer or Kramér. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kramer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,810th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,559 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kramer live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 299,937th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 751 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 90,111 people, or 1 in 4,022. In The United States Kramer is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 146 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 30 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found.
Kramer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kramer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kramer last name grew 945 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 894 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 2,800 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kramer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (55%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan, Evangelical (60%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kramer last name are 14.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.91% registered with the party.
The amount Kramer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.02% more than the national average, earning 349,622 kr per year; in Peru they earn 206.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 59,346 per year; in South Africa they earn 38.74% more than the national average, earning R 329,688 per year; in United States they earn 9.32% more than the national average, earning $47,170 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.64% more than the national average, earning $54,970 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kramer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kramer in the Russian language | ||
| Крамер | kramer | - |
| Kramer in the Arabic language | ||
| كرامير | kramyr | - |
| كريمر | krymr | - |
| كرامر | kramr | - |
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Kramer Reference & Research
Kramer DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Creamer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Kramer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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