Pankraz Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pankraz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pankraz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3001:268,35228,532
Austria871:97,87914,223
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Pankraz (564) may also be a first name.

Pankraz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pankraz is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pankraz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 701,000th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Pankraz live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 353,625th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 564 people.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 268,352. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 53 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live and Bavaria, where 9 percent live. Barring Germany this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Pankraz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pankraz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 138 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pankraz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pankraz surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Pankraz earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.43% less than the national average, earning $19,662 USD per year.

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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 Pankraz
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