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.
- hunormagyarKrebs Demographics
Average Male Krebs Height
177.22 cm
Average Female Krebs Height
163.09 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Krebs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krebs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Krebs (Arabic: كريبس, Russian: Кребс) is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Krebs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,625th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,561 people. The surname Krebs is primarily 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 prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 61 people.
Krebs is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 34,335 people, or 1 in 2,345. In Germany Krebs is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Aside from Germany Krebs is found in 81 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Switzerland, where 7 percent live.
Krebs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Krebs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Krebs last name increased 781 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 752 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Krebs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Krebs last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (82%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Krebs last name are 16.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.4% registered with 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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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Krebs
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