Kreyes Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kreyes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kreyes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreyes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kreyes is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreyes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Kreyes reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany Kreyes is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kreyes
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