Kratzenberg Surname

384,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 925 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kratzenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kratzenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6381:126,18415,410
United States2501:1,449,83699,395
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Kratzenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kratzenberg has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kratzenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 384,325th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,878,428 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Kratzenberg are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 638 people, or 1 in 126,184. In Germany Kratzenberg is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 28 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Not including Germany it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Kratzenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kratzenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kratzenberg last name rose 610 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kratzenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kratzenberg surname are 7.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.11% registered with the party.

Kratzenberg earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.11% less than the national average, earning $37,061 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Kratzenberg
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