Kreitz Surname
Approximately 3,518 people bear this surname
Kreitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,843 | 1:43,682 | 5,737 |
| United States | 1,209 | 1:299,801 | 27,664 |
| Canada | 119 | 1:309,627 | 28,530 |
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Luxembourg | 63 | 1:9,215 | 1,495 |
| Argentina | 51 | 1:838,106 | 54,910 |
| El Salvador | 47 | 1:134,976 | 1,809 |
| Panama | 24 | 1:163,011 | 5,136 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 192 | 1:261,556 | 21,457 |
Kreitz Demographics
Average Kreitz Salary in
United States
$42,422 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kreitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kreitz is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreitz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kreitz is the 128,777th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,071,503 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Kreitz reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Kreitz is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 1,843 people, or 1 in 43,682. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Aside from Germany it occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Kreitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kreitz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kreitz surname increased 630 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kreitz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kreitz surname are 16.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Kreitz earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.68% less than the national average, earning $42,422 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.91% more than the national average, earning $56,098 CAD per year.
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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 Kreitz
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