Kratzer Surname
Approximately 12,804 people bear this surname
Kratzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,188 | 1:13,010 | 1,687 |
| United States | 4,479 | 1:80,924 | 9,197 |
| Austria | 1,397 | 1:6,096 | 727 |
| Switzerland | 239 | 1:34,364 | 5,027 |
| Argentina | 117 | 1:365,328 | 28,402 |
| Australia | 67 | 1:402,921 | 32,505 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Czechia | 35 | 1:303,813 | 38,544 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 757 | 1:66,339 | 7,211 |
The alternate forms: Krätzer (345) are calculated separately.
Kratzer (12) may also be a first name.
Kratzer Demographics
Average Male Kratzer Height
176.87 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kratzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kratzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kratzer is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Krätzer. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kratzer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 40,880th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 569,162 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Kratzer live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kratzer is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name Kratzer is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 6,188 people, or 1 in 13,010. In Germany Kratzer is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 67 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent live and Austria, where 11 percent live.
Kratzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kratzer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kratzer surname grew 592 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kratzer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kratzer surname are 22.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.86% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kratzer earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.81% less than the national average, earning 319,064 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.5% less than the national average, earning $40,775 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.77% more than the national average, earning $59,506 CAD 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kratzer
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