Kreich Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Kreich Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 214 | 1:1,000,347 | 35,401 |
| Ukraine | 50 | 1:910,454 | 87,604 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Kreïch (1) are calculated separately.
Kreich Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreich Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kreich (Arabic: كرايخ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺮﻳﺶ) occurs most in Brazil. It may occur in the variant forms: Kreïch. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreich? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 830,559th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Kreich live; 68 percent live in South America and 64 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 1,000,347. In Brazil it is most common in: Santa Catarina, where 93 percent live, Paraná, where 5 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 1 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
Kreich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kreich has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kreich last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kreich Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kreich in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺮﻳﺶ | akrysh | - |
| Kreich in the Arabic language | ||
| كرايخ | kraykh | - |
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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 Kreich
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