Kräft Surname
Approximately 775 people bear this surname
Kräft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 764 | 1:105,374 | 13,019 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
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
The surname Kräft is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Kraft. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kräft? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 441,383rd most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,403,285 people. The surname Kräft occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kräft live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 105,374. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent live, Berlin, where 13 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft | 93 | 95,287 | / |
| Kräfft | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kräf | 89 | 5 | / |
| Kreft | 80 | 14,773 | / |
| Kroft | 80 | 1,740 | / |
| Krift | 80 | 104 | / |
| Kréft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Krafft | 73 | 7,878 | / |
| Kreeft | 73 | 1,434 | / |
| Krefft | 73 | 1,163 | / |
| Kraeft | 73 | 692 | / |
| Krieft | 73 | 321 | / |
| Kraftt | 73 | 303 | / |
| Krofft | 73 | 129 | / |
| Krifft | 73 | 74 | / |
| Krehft | 73 | 10 | / |
| Krafth | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kraift | 73 | 2 | / |
| Krefts | 73 | 2 | / |
| Krapft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreaft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kruyft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kropft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkraft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kresft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kraaft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kreift | 73 | 0 | / |
| Krif | 67 | 639 | / |
| Kraefft | 67 | 122 | / |
| Kreefft | 67 | 66 | / |
| Kraffth | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kref | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kryf | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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