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

The last name Kress (Georgian: კრესს, Russian: Кресс) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Kresś or Krešš. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname Kress is the 25,816^th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 349,389 people. Kress occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Kress are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 596,468^th most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 227 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 10,085 people, or 1 in 35,940. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 67 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 35 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

Kress Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Kress has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kress last name increased 789 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 6,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kress Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Kress surname are 17.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.94% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kress earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 87.45% more than the national average, earning 648,735 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning R 228,444 per year; in United States they earn 4.04% more than the national average, earning $44,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.73% less than the national average, earning $49,322 CAD per year.