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Where Does The Last Name Kreis Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Kreis (Russian: Креис) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kreis? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 40,502^nd most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 563,310 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Kreis are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,052,971^st most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 83 people.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 7,354 people, or 1 in 10,947. In Germany Kreis is most frequent in: Hesse, where 24 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent are found and Bavaria, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 50 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Switzerland, where 9 percent are found.

Kreis Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Kreis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kreis last name rose 819 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kreis Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Kreis surname are 24.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.94% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kreis earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.37% more than the national average, earning $45,033 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $53,032 CAD per year.