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

Kress (Georgian: კრესს, Russian: Кресс) is found most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kresś or Krešš. For other possible spellings of Kress click here.

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

This surname is the 25,816^th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 349,389 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Kress reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Kress is also the 596,468^th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 227 people.

The surname Kress is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 10,085 people, or 1 in 35,940. In The United States Kress is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 67 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 35 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

Kress Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Kress has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kress surname 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 carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Kress last name are 17.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.94% registered to vote for the 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.