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Kranz

in the US

There are 4,379 people with the last name "Kranz" in the United States.

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Kranz 6,172
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  1. is 6,168th most common Kaylor
  2. is 6,169th most common Lewin
  3. is 6,170th most common Jara
  4. is 6,171st most common Endres
  5. is 6,172nd most common Kranz
  6. is 6,173rd most common Fenn
  7. is 6,174th most common Mcminn
  8. is 6,175th most common Reel
  9. is 6,176th most common Kuehl

Similar Names and Nicknames

Krantz, Kring, Krenz, Krane, Kraner, Kranich, Krinsky, Krenek, Krumwiede, Krings

Most Common First Names for Kranz

Robert, Michael, Richard, David, John, James, Mary, William, Thomas, Mark

Meaning & History

German: from Middle High German kranz ‘garland’, ‘wreath’; a metonymic occupational name for a maker of chaplets and wreaths, a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a garland, or a nickname for someone whose hair was tonsured.

Dutch: variant spelling of Krans, cognate with 1.

In some cases it may also be one of the several German spellings of the Slovenian habitational name Kranjec (also found as Krajnc or Kranjc), denoting someone from Kranjska province (Latin Carniola, German Krain), an old name for the historical central part of Slovenia.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Kranz or Yiddish krants ‘wreath’, ‘garland’.

Recent Searches for "Kranz" in the US

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