Kresten Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Kresten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kresten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria151:567,69652,281
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Kresten (2,299) may also be a first name.

Kresten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kresten occurs most in Austria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kresten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kresten is the 3,432,070th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Kresten are found; 45 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kresten is also the 155,464th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 2,299 people.

It is most common in Austria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 567,696. In Austria Kresten is most prevalent in: Vienna, where 93 percent live and Lower Austria, where 7 percent live. Barring Austria Kresten exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and Sweden, where 12 percent live.

Kresten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kresten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kresten last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kresten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kresten last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Kresten earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.31% less than the national average, earning $38,271 USD 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 Kresten
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