Krige Surname
Approximately 2,590 people bear this surname
Krige Surname Definition:
“Warlike”, also “Obstinate” in German. (“Krieg” is “War”.)
Krige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,404 | 1:22,536 | 2,855 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Krige (28) may also be a first name.
Krige Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Warlike”, also “Obstinate” in German. (“Krieg” is “War”.)
Krige Demographics
Average Male Krige Height
170.56 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Krige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Krige is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Krige? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 167,036th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,813,724 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Krige are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Krige is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 2,404 people, or 1 in 22,536. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 40 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Krige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Krige has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Krige surname rose 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Krige Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Krige are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Krige earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.52% more than the national average, earning R 360,072 per year; in United States they earn 19.54% less than the national average, earning $34,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.46% more than the national average, earning $64,322 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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