Krebs Surname
Approximately 65,914 people bear this surname
Krebs Surname Definition:
(German) Dweller at the sign of the crab; one who came from Krebes, in Germany.
Read More About This SurnameKrebs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 34,335 | 1:2,345 | 215 |
| United States | 16,274 | 1:22,272 | 2,797 |
| Switzerland | 4,574 | 1:1,796 | 165 |
| France | 2,780 | 1:23,893 | 2,802 |
| Brazil | 1,344 | 1:159,281 | 6,146 |
| Austria | 1,185 | 1:7,186 | 901 |
| Canada | 798 | 1:46,172 | 5,663 |
| Denmark | 789 | 1:7,154 | 652 |
| Australia | 469 | 1:57,560 | 7,009 |
| Slovenia | 408 | 1:6,097 | 1,288 |
| Poland | 333 | 1:114,140 | 17,129 |
| Czechia | 319 | 1:33,334 | 5,432 |
| Russia | 277 | 1:520,300 | 47,524 |
| England | 188 | 1:296,373 | 22,665 |
| South Africa | 176 | 1:307,828 | 29,442 |
| Argentina | 166 | 1:257,490 | 20,780 |
| Chile | 163 | 1:108,077 | 4,009 |
| Netherlands | 148 | 1:114,103 | 18,152 |
| Sweden | 130 | 1:75,744 | 5,676 |
| New Zealand | 117 | 1:38,704 | 6,577 |
| Israel | 97 | 1:88,223 | 10,433 |
| Luxembourg | 83 | 1:6,994 | 1,063 |
| Thailand | 82 | 1:861,443 | 136,584 |
| Slovakia | 66 | 1:80,855 | 15,660 |
| Spain | 63 | 1:742,096 | 31,639 |
| Norway | 42 | 1:122,435 | 16,038 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Hungary | 39 | 1:251,699 | 20,039 |
| Belarus | 38 | 1:250,028 | 29,656 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Peru | 29 | 1:1,096,004 | 19,774 |
| Italy | 26 | 1:2,352,180 | 93,058 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,085 | 1:24,086 | 2,991 |
Krebs (61) may also be a first name.
Krebs Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Dweller at the sign of the crab; one who came from Krebes, in Germany.
Local. A town in Upper Saxony, Germany.
User-submitted Reference
Krebsz is a German (Swabian) surename.
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Krebs Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Krebs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krebs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Krebs (Arabic: كريبس, Russian: Кребс) occurs most in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Krebs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,625th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 110,561 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Krebs live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name Krebs is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 34,335 people, or 1 in 2,345. In Germany Krebs is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found and Bavaria, where 12 percent are found. Not including Germany it occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Switzerland, where 7 percent are found.
Krebs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Krebs has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 781 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 752 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Krebs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (82%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Krebs surname are 16.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.4% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Krebs earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.28% less than the national average, earning 320,879 kr per year; in Peru they earn 39.06% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,957 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.43% more than the national average, earning R 366,984 per year; in United States they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $46,449 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.85% more than the national average, earning $53,085 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krebsz | 91 | 429 | / |
| Kriebs | 91 | 346 | / |
| Krebss | 91 | 11 | / |
| Krebse | 91 | 8 | / |
| Kreebs | 91 | 4 | / |
| Krebsė | 91 | 1 | / |
| Krebsø | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kraebs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kreibs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Khreibs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kreps | 80 | 4,236 | / |
| Kerbs | 80 | 2,562 | / |
| Kribs | 80 | 997 | / |
| Krevs | 80 | 446 | / |
| Crebs | 80 | 428 | / |
| Krabs | 80 | 319 | / |
| Kirbs | 80 | 147 | / |
| Krobs | 80 | 34 | / |
| Kräbs | 80 | 17 | / |
| Krebz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Krebsová | 77 | 341 | / |
| Krebsova | 77 | 2 | / |
| Krepps | 73 | 1,548 | / |
| Krepsz | 73 | 248 | / |
| Krieps | 73 | 197 | / |
| Kreaps | 73 | 56 | / |
| Krepsh | 73 | 39 | / |
| Keerbs | 73 | 31 | / |
| Kirbst | 73 | 29 | / |
| Kerbst | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kraabs | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kreevs | 73 | 15 | / |
| Kierbs | 73 | 10 | / |
| Krepss | 73 | 9 | / |
| Krabsz | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kreeps | 73 | 5 | / |
| Krevsh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Krepse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Criebs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kyorbs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerbsz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krepšs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreips | 73 | 0 | / |
| Creebs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Krebszová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Krabsch | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kherbst | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kärbsch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Krevsch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Krepsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krzepsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kreepps | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kreipps | 67 | 0 | / |
Krebs Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Krebs in the Russian language | ||
| Кребс | krebs | - |
| Krebs in the Arabic language | ||
| كريبس | krybs | - |
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