Kroeb Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kroeb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kroeb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Cambodia61:2,581,1918,069
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kroeb (18) may also be a first name.

Kroeb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kroeb is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kroeb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kroeb is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Kroeb occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Kroeb live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 18 people.

Kroeb is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 392,725. In The Netherlands Kroeb is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 91 percent live, Flevoland, where 2 percent live and Groningen, where 2 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 12 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krob891,790/
Kreb89585/
Krieb80468/
Kroep80313/
Kreeb80215/
Kreib8089/
Croeb8063/
Kraeb8019/
Kroub8019/
Krzob807/
Kreab801/
Kreïb801/
Krobh800/
Kroob800/
Khreib73542/
Khroub73273/
Khroev73107/
Kroope736/
Kroupe732/
Kraebs731/
Kroyev731/
Kreibs731/
K'Reib731/
Krab67826/
Krep67197/
Krub6787/
Crob6716/
Qreb672/
Khreibs671/
Kroeppe671/

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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 Kroeb
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