Kristen Surname
Approximately 4,304 people bear this surname
Kristen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,349 | 1:34,272 | 4,529 |
| United States | 625 | 1:579,934 | 47,474 |
| Austria | 359 | 1:23,720 | 3,719 |
| Czechia | 179 | 1:59,405 | 9,949 |
| Venezuela | 111 | 1:272,109 | 6,511 |
| Netherlands | 103 | 1:163,953 | 24,033 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Peru | 39 | 1:814,978 | 17,459 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Colombia | 23 | 1:2,077,134 | 12,400 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Kristén (18) are calculated separately.
Kristen (265,921) may also be a first name.
Kristen Demographics
Average Kristen Salary in
United States
$42,220 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kristen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kristen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kristen (Arabic: كريستن, Russian: Кристен) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kristén. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kristen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 108,189th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,693,203 people. The surname Kristen occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Kristen reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,957th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 265,921 people.
The last name Kristen is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,349 people, or 1 in 34,272. In Germany it is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 23 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Hesse, where 16 percent live. Besides Germany Kristen is found in 51 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Austria, where 8 percent live.
Kristen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kristen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kristen last name expanded 6,250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kristen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kristen surname are 0.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.03% being registered with the party.
The amount Kristen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 44.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,058 per year; in South Africa they earn 90.07% more than the national average, earning R 451,680 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.26% less than the national average, earning $22,417,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.15% less than the national average, earning $42,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.28% more than the national average, earning $54,292 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kristen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen in the Russian language | ||
| Кристен | kristen | - |
| Kristen in the Arabic language | ||
| كريستن | krystn | - |
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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 Kristen
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