Kreyss Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kreyss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Kreyss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreyss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kreyss is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreyss? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Kreyss is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Kreyss are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Kreyss is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 912,546. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Aargau, where 100 percent are found. Besides Switzerland Kreyss exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 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
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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 Kreyss
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