Kreis Surname
Approximately 12,937 people bear this surname
Kreis Surname User-submission:
A German name for 'circle'. It arrived in America from Austria/Germany as a means of avoding service in WWII.
Kreis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,354 | 1:10,947 | 1,392 |
| United States | 2,653 | 1:136,622 | 14,285 |
| Switzerland | 1,120 | 1:7,333 | 1,164 |
| Australia | 336 | 1:80,344 | 9,348 |
| Poland | 303 | 1:125,441 | 18,542 |
| Brazil | 254 | 1:842,812 | 30,419 |
| Austria | 154 | 1:55,295 | 8,684 |
| France | 128 | 1:518,928 | 71,816 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| Estonia | 77 | 1:17,166 | 2,887 |
| Ukraine | 68 | 1:669,451 | 71,116 |
| Israel | 68 | 1:125,848 | 13,711 |
| Argentina | 66 | 1:647,627 | 45,225 |
| Czechia | 43 | 1:247,290 | 33,576 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 1:18,727 | 4,129 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 1:7,676 | 1,080 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 324 | 1:154,996 | 14,292 |
Kreis (83) may also be a first name.
Kreis Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A German name for 'circle'. It arrived in America from Austria/Germany as a means of avoding service in WWII.
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Average Kreis Salary in
United States
$45,033 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kreis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kreis (Russian: Креис) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kreis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreis? popularity and diffusion
Kreis is the 40,502nd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 563,310 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Kreis reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,052,971st most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 83 people.
Kreis is most frequent 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. Not including Germany it is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Switzerland, where 9 percent are found.
Kreis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kreis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kreis surname rose 819 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kreis Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kreis last name are 24.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.94% registered to vote for the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kreis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kreis in the Russian language | ||
| Креис | kreis | - |
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Kreis Reference & Research
Krise FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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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- 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 Kreis
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