Kräbs Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kräbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kräbs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Krabs (319) are calculated separately.

Kräbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kräbs is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Krabs. For other potential spellings of Kräbs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kräbs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Kräbs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Kräbs live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kräbs is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Kräbs is mostly found in: Hesse, where 40 percent live, Saxony, where 40 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent live. Barring Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 6 percent live and Sweden, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krabs93319/
Krebs8065,914/
Kribs80997/
Krobs8034/
Krebsz73429/
Kriebs73346/
Kraabs7316/
Krebss7311/
Krabsz739/
Krebse738/
Kreebs734/
Kreibs731/
Kraebs731/
Krebsø731/
Krebsė731/
Krob671,790/
Krib671,061/
Krab67826/
Kreb67585/
Kryb6746/
Krabsch6711/
Krjb671/
Khreibs671/
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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 Kräbs
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