Kressel Surname

485,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Kressel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kressel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3271:246,19426,830
United States2691:1,347,43193,736
Israel511:167,79717,113
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Kressel (37) may also be a first name.

Kressel Last Name Facts

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

Kressel occurs most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kressel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 485,771st most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,654,307 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Kressel reside; 48 percent reside in Western Europe and 48 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 37 people.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 246,194. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 31 percent reside, Hesse, where 27 percent reside and Hamburg, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.

Kressel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kressel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kressel last name grew 1,921 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kressel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kressel last name are 1.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Kressel earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.51% less than the national average, earning $45,950 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 Kressel
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