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
Kross Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kross Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kross (Georgian: კროსს, Russian: Кросс) is most common in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kross.
How Common Is The Last Name Kross? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 124,223rd most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,985,166 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Kross reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 811,108th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 131 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,414 people, or 1 in 256,336. In The United States Kross is most frequent in: New York, where 14 percent reside, Illinois, where 11 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States Kross is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent reside and Suriname, where 8 percent reside.
Kross Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kross has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kross last name increased 1,113 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kross Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kross surname is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Belarus.
In The United States those bearing the Kross surname are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.96% registered with the political 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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