Krokeide Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Krokeide Surname User-submission:

The Krokeide surname comes from a place named Krokeide near Bergen city in Norway. It is made up of two words krok, which means either 'crooked' or 'hooked', as in a shape of a hook, and eide, meaning 'half island' or 'slim piece of land that sticks far out into a lake or large body of water', people on boats will often carry the boat over the land as it takes far less time than had they gone around it to get to the other side.

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Krokeide Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1951:26,3713,581
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Krokeide Surname Meaning

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The Krokeide surname comes from a place named Krokeide near Bergen city in Norway. It is made up of two words krok, which means either 'crooked' or 'hooked', as in a shape of a hook, and eide, meaning 'half island' or 'slim piece of land that sticks far out into a lake or large body of water', people on boats will often carry the boat over the land as it takes far less time than had they gone around it to get to the other side.

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Krokeide Last Name Facts

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

The last name Krokeide occurs most in Norway. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Krokeide? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,185,157th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Krokeide live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 26,371. In Norway Krokeide is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 56 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 41 percent live and Northern Norway, where 2 percent live. Excluding Norway Krokeide exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Chile, where 1 percent live.

Krokeide Last Name Statistics demography

Krokeide earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 15.73% more than the national average, earning 400,520 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krokides8814/
Krokidi80239/
Krokida80103/
Krokidis75501/
Krakade674/
Krokyda674/
Krekedi673/
Crakede671/
Kroqidhi634/
Krakadi531/

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