Kripke Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Iceland

Kripke Surname Definition:

(from a place name) The Yiddish version of the town of Krupka in White Russia.

Kripke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1351:596,33748,011
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Israel211:407,50632,346
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kripke Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) The Yiddish version of the town of Krupka in White Russia.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Kripke Last Name Facts

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

Kripke (Russian: Крипке) is most common in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kripke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kripke is the 891,661st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Kripke live; 45 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kripke is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 596,337. In Germany Kripke is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 64 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 23 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 6 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.

Kripke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kripke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kripke surname rose 13,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kripke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kripke last name is principally Jewish (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kripke surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.78% registered with the party.

Kripke earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 79.35% more than the national average, earning $77,389 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kreipke92144/
Kriepke9239/
Kripkee923/
Kripkey921/
Krupke831,003/
Krepke8397/
Kripka8326/
Kripki8322/
Krivke831/
Kripky831/
Kruppke77217/
Kruepke7772/
Krepker7761/
Kreppke7729/
Krepcke7727/
Krupkie775/
Kreibke773/
Kripkiy773/
Krupcke771/
Krepk7317/
Kribk731/
Kripkova714/
Kripkaya712/
Kripková711/
Krephker711/
Khripkova67947/
Krepka67176/
Krypka67138/
Krepki6763/
Krepky6754/
Krepkh6737/
Krubke6711/
Krupki676/
Krypek671/
Crepke671/
Kriebk670/

Kripke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kripke in the Russian language
Крипкеkripke-

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