Kras Surname
Approximately 5,390 people bear this surname
Kras Surname User-submission:
This surname derives from the Proto-Slavic krasn-, having the original meaning associated with 'brightness', 'light' and 'luminescence', ergo Christos and Khrishna.
Kras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 2,099 | 1:18,108 | 2,694 |
| Russia | 900 | 1:160,137 | 18,378 |
| United States | 728 | 1:497,883 | 41,901 |
| Netherlands | 528 | 1:31,983 | 5,317 |
| Brazil | 406 | 1:527,277 | 19,769 |
| Ukraine | 146 | 1:311,799 | 39,484 |
| Cambodia | 75 | 1:206,495 | 3,073 |
| Australia | 66 | 1:409,026 | 32,879 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Belarus | 33 | 1:287,911 | 32,667 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Slovakia | 20 | 1:266,822 | 40,422 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Kraś (276), Kraš (255) & Krás (17) are calculated separately.
Kras (181) may also be a first name.
Kras Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the Proto-Slavic krasn-, having the original meaning associated with 'brightness', 'light' and 'luminescence', ergo Christos and Khrishna.
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Kras Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Kras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kras Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kras (Bengali: ক্রাস, Hindi: क्रास, Marathi: काश, Oriya: କାସ, Russian: Крас) occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kraś, Kraš or Krás. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kras? popularity and diffusion
It is the 89,064th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,352,049 people. The last name Kras occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Kras live; 51 percent live in Eastern Europe and 40 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 677,199th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 181 people.
This surname is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 2,099 people, or 1 in 18,108. Excluding Poland it is found in 59 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Kras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kras has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kras surname expanded 4,853 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kras Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kras last name is predominantly Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kras surname are 15.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.5% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kras earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.22% less than the national average, earning 303,804 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.38% more than the national average, earning $47,198 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.13% more than the national average, earning $60,680 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kras Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kras in the Bengali language | ||
| ক্রাস | krasa | - |
| Kras in the Oriya language | ||
| କାସ | kasa | - |
| Kras in the Marathi language | ||
| काश | kasa | - |
| Kras in the Hindi language | ||
| क्रास | krasa | 85.71 |
| क्रस | krasa | 14.29 |
| Kras in the Russian language | ||
| Крас | kras | - |
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