Krebs Surname

8,625th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65,914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Krebs Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller at the sign of the crab; one who came from Krebes, in Germany.

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Krebs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany34,3351:2,345215
United States16,2741:22,2722,797
Switzerland4,5741:1,796165
France2,7801:23,8932,802
Brazil1,3441:159,2816,146
Austria1,1851:7,186901
Canada7981:46,1725,663
Denmark7891:7,154652
Australia4691:57,5607,009
Slovenia4081:6,0971,288
Poland3331:114,14017,129
Czechia3191:33,3345,432
Russia2771:520,30047,524
England1881:296,37322,665
South Africa1761:307,82829,442
Argentina1661:257,49020,780
Chile1631:108,0774,009
Netherlands1481:114,10318,152
Sweden1301:75,7445,676
New Zealand1171:38,7046,577
Israel971:88,22310,433
Luxembourg831:6,9941,063
Thailand821:861,443136,584
Slovakia661:80,85515,660
Spain631:742,09631,639
Norway421:122,43516,038
Philippines391:2,595,852132,893
Hungary391:251,69920,039
Belarus381:250,02829,656
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Belgium361:319,35136,407
Mexico351:3,546,46324,778
Ukraine311:1,468,474118,175
Peru291:1,096,00419,774
Italy261:2,352,18093,058
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Finland161:343,54424,270
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Ecuador131:1,223,52716,126
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
India51:153,413,076951,030
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
China31:455,773,85521,925
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0851:24,0862,991

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local. A town in Upper Saxony, Germany.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

User-submitted Reference

Krebsz is a German (Swabian) surename.

- hunormagyar

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 may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Krebs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,625th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 110,561 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 frequent first name world-wide, borne by 61 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 34,335 people, or 1 in 2,345. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found and Bavaria, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists 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 frequency of Krebs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Krebs surname 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 devotion of those holding the surname is principally 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 national average, with 63.4% being registered to vote for the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krebsz91429/
Kriebs91346/
Krebss9111/
Krebse918/
Kreebs914/
Krebsė911/
Krebsø911/
Kraebs911/
Kreibs911/
Khreibs831/
Kreps804,236/
Kerbs802,562/
Kribs80997/
Krevs80446/
Crebs80428/
Krabs80319/
Kirbs80147/
Krobs8034/
Kräbs8017/
Krebz802/
Krebsová77341/
Krebsova772/
Krepps731,548/
Krepsz73248/
Krieps73197/
Kreaps7356/
Krepsh7339/
Keerbs7331/
Kirbst7329/
Kerbst7316/
Kraabs7316/
Kreevs7315/
Kierbs7310/
Krepss739/
Krabsz739/
Kreeps735/
Krevsh734/
Krepse732/
Criebs732/
Kyorbs731/
Kerbsz731/
Krepšs731/
Kreips730/
Creebs730/
Krebszová711/
Krabsch6711/
Kherbst674/
Kärbsch673/
Krevsch673/
Krepsch671/
Krzepsz671/
Kreepps670/
Kreipps670/

Krebs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Krebs in the Russian language
Кребсkrebs-
Krebs in the Arabic language
كريبسkrybs-

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