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 Male Kross Height
175.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kross Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kross (Georgian: კროსს, Russian: Кросс) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kross? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kross is the 124,223rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,985,166 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Kross live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kross is also the 811,108th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 131 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,414 people, or 1 in 256,336. In The United States Kross is most numerous in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Illinois, where 11 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 67 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 20 percent are found and Suriname, where 8 percent are found.
Kross Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kross has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,113 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kross Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name 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 national average, with 51.96% being registered to vote for 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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