Kross Surname
Approximately 3,671 people bear this surname
Kross Surname Definition:
(Scottish, German) One who came from Cross (a cross), formerly spelled Kross, in the Orkney Islands; the curly-headed man.
Kross Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,414 | 1:256,336 | 24,269 |
| Russia | 723 | 1:199,340 | 21,960 |
| Suriname | 288 | 1:1,919 | 240 |
| Germany | 215 | 1:374,444 | 35,419 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Australia | 131 | 1:206,074 | 20,044 |
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| Estonia | 100 | 1:13,218 | 2,037 |
| Kazakhstan | 74 | 1:238,953 | 21,276 |
| Canada | 57 | 1:646,414 | 52,764 |
| Belarus | 56 | 1:169,662 | 22,625 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Aruba | 28 | 1:3,696 | 529 |
| Peru | 26 | 1:1,222,466 | 20,703 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 127 | 1:395,423 | 29,402 |
Kross (131) may also be a first name.
Kross Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Scottish, German) One who came from Cross (a cross), formerly spelled Kross, in the Orkney Islands; the curly-headed man.
Kross Demographics
Average Kross Salary in
United States
$44,082 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kross Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kross (Georgian: კროსს, Russian: Кросс) occurs most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kross? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kross is the 124,223rd most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,985,166 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Kross are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 811,108th most numerous given name globally, borne by 131 people.
The surname Kross is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,414 people, or 1 in 256,336. In The United States Kross is most prevalent in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Illinois, where 11 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States it is found in 67 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent are found and Suriname, where 8 percent are found.
Kross Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kross has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kross surname grew 1,113 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kross Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Belarus.
In The United States those holding the Kross surname are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.96% registered with the party.
The amount Kross earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 52.7% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,169 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.62% less than the national average, earning R 148,248 per year; in United States they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $44,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.64% more than the national average, earning $51,986 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kross Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kross in the Georgian language | ||
| კროსს | kross | - |
| Kross in the Russian language | ||
| Кросс | kross | - |
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