Kröss Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Kröss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kröss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1941:43,8947,032
Italy1871:327,04139,851
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726

Kröss Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kröss is carried by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kröss? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 691,116th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,026,976 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kröss are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Austria, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 43,894. In Austria it is primarily concentrated in: Tyrol, where 26 percent reside, Vienna, where 20 percent reside and Vorarlberg, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Austria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 44 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krösse911/
Krös89121/
Kress8020,858/
Kőrös80409/
Kröse8058/
Kräss8046/
Kröst8027/
Kröjs8024/
Kröhs8012/
Kroess7369/
Krösch7357/
Kreuss7330/
Kraess7324/
Kruiss7312/
Krässe7311/
Kressh736/
Khress733/
Kres67769/
Krösche67228/
Kröß6759/
Kröz6734/
Kreschs671/

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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 Kröss
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