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 Krige Salary in
United States
$34,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Krige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Krige is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Krige? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 167,036th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,813,724 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Krige live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Krige is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,404 people, or 1 in 22,536. In South Africa Krige is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 40 percent reside, Gauteng, where 29 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Besides South Africa it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Krige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Krige has changed over time. 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 those holding the Krige surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for 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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