Kreling Surname

405,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Kreling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kreling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4811:445,06116,862
Netherlands1411:119,76718,833
Germany1371:587,63147,553
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha11:5,854177
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

The alternate forms: Kréling (9) & Krélíng (1) are calculated separately.

Kreling (17) may also be a first name.

Kreling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kreling is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Kréling or Krélíng. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kreling.

How Common Is The Last Name Kreling? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 405,063rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,424,909 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Kreling are found; 56 percent are found in South America and 56 percent are found in Luso-South America. Kreling is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

The surname Kreling is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 445,061. In Brazil Kreling is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 43 percent live, Paraná, where 26 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 12 percent live. Outside of Brazil it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 16 percent live.

Kreling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kreling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kreling surname increased 197 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kreling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kreling are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Kreling earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 5.52% more than the national average, earning $45,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.26% more than the national average, earning $76,643 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
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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 Kreling
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