Kräft Surname

441,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 775 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kräft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kräft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7641:105,37413,019
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Kraft (95,287) are calculated separately.

Kräft Last Name Facts

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

Kräft is found most in Germany. It can be found as: Kraft. For other potential spellings of Kräft click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kräft? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 441,383rd most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 9,403,285 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kräft are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kräft is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 105,374. In Germany Kräft is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent are found, Berlin, where 13 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kraft9395,287/
Kräfft911/
Kräf895/
Kreft8014,773/
Kroft801,740/
Krift80104/
Kréft801/
Krafft737,878/
Kreeft731,434/
Krefft731,163/
Kraeft73692/
Krieft73321/
Kraftt73303/
Krofft73129/
Krifft7374/
Krehft7310/
Krafth736/
Kraift732/
Krefts732/
Krapft731/
Kreaft731/
Kruyft731/
Kropft731/
Kkraft731/
Kresft731/
Kraaft730/
Kreift730/
Krif67639/
Kraefft67122/
Kreefft6766/
Kraffth6712/
Kref673/
Kryf671/

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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
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  • 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 Kräft
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