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 more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Kraft. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kräft? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kräft is the 441,383rd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,403,285 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kräft live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Kräft is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 764 people, or 1 in 105,374. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent reside, Berlin, where 13 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Besides Germany Kräft is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
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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