Krantz Surname

35,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Krantz Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Kranz or Krantz (Wreath), in Germany; one with a prominent nose.

Krantz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,0001:40,2734,954
Sweden3,4341:2,867276
France6201:107,13315,882
Germany5891:136,68216,618
Canada2611:141,17114,531
South Africa2121:255,55525,837
Israel1891:45,2786,078
Australia931:290,27625,669
Norway901:57,1378,183
Netherlands831:203,46028,061
Poland791:481,12348,113
Denmark751:75,2637,389
England711:784,76142,668
Luxembourg511:11,3831,973
Belgium351:328,47637,084
Romania321:627,43344,366
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Finland61:916,11741,832
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
China21:683,660,78330,601
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8001:62,7736,852

Krantz (37) may also be a first name.

Krantz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Kranz or Krantz (Wreath), in Germany; one with a prominent nose.

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

Krantz Last Name Facts

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

Krantz (Arabic: كرانتز) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Krantz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Krantz? popularity and diffusion

Krantz is the 35,015th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 482,300 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Krantz live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 37 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 9,000 people, or 1 in 40,273. In The United States Krantz is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 59 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 23 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Krantz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Krantz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Krantz surname grew 1,125 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 473 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Krantz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Krantz surname are 35.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.24% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Krantz earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 50.52% more than the national average, earning 520,903 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning R 246,288 per year; in United States they earn 8.44% more than the national average, earning $46,790 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning $53,330 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kraintz92160/
Kranstz9219/
Åkrantz923/
Kranttz921/
Krantcz921/
Kranntz921/
Krandtz921/
Krauntz920/
Krantze920/
Kranz9128,388/
Krainz831,569/
Krontz83561/
Crantz83345/
Krants83217/
Krancz83214/
Kraunz8316/
Kramtz833/
Kraynz831/
Krantx831/
Krannz831/
Kranzs830/
Krantc830/
Kreintz7721/
Craintz779/
Krajncz778/
Kraints777/
Kraynts773/
Krantts771/
Crantze771/
Krantse770/
Cranntz770/
Crantzs770/
Kranc731,305/
Kronz73776/
Cranz73378/
Qranz731/
Kraynets715/
Krajnc678,435/
Kreinz67315/
Kranch67156/
Krainc6758/
Crainz6735/
Crants6732/
Kraync6725/
Kreunz6719/
Kranci6715/
Krantsova6712/
Crontz675/
Krajnč673/
Kroncz671/
Kronts671/
Crancz670/

Krantz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Krantz in the Arabic language
كرانتزkrantz-

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