Kreib Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Kreib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kreib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
France161:4,151,420237,746
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Kreïb (1) are calculated separately.

Kreib Last Name Facts

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

Kreib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺮﻳﺐ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kreïb. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kreib? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kreib is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Kreib reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States Kreib is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 58 percent reside, Utah, where 24 percent reside and Virginia, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 25 percent reside and France, where 18 percent reside.

Kreib Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kreib has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kreib last name expanded 205 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kreib Last Name Statistics demography

Kreib earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.17% less than the national average, earning $40,920 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kreïb931/
Khreib91542/
Kreibs911/
K'Reib911/
Krib891,061/
Kreb89585/
Khreibs831/
Kreif80549/
Krieb80468/
Kreeb80215/
Kroeb8050/
Kraeb8019/
Kreip8019/
Kraib807/
Khrib807/
Krisb805/
Krebz802/
Gkrib801/
Kreab801/
Krebt801/
Creib800/
Kreipe73561/
Krebsz73429/
Kreipp7388/
Kreiff7376/
Krebss7311/
Kreebs734/
Kreife732/
Khreif732/
K'Reif732/
Kreipz731/
Khriob731/
Krebsø731/
Krebsė731/
Kreiev731/
Kreift730/
Kreips730/
Krab67826/
Krif67639/
Krip67600/
Crib67241/
Krep67197/
Kriv67128/
Krev6753/
Kryb6746/
Krew6737/
Creb6715/
Qrib676/
Kribova674/
Kref673/
Qreb672/
Krjb671/
Khreief671/
Kreipps670/

Kreib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kreib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﺮﻳﺐakryb-

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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 Kreib
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