Surname Saturday – Krefft

Hello,

This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Krefft surname.

Surname Pronunciation Krefft (Polish) – Kr eff t – listen to it here: Krefft
Surname Pronunciation Krefft (American) – Kr eff t

Surname Meaning: Krefft –  derived from the German word kraft, which means strength or power.
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, Netherlands, New-Zealand and United States.
Top Five Regions:  Pomorskie, Poland; Wellington City, New-Zealand; Hamburg, Germany; Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Top Ten Cities: Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland; Bamberg, Bayern, Germany; Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Augsburg, Bayern, Germany; Aspach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Markt Schwaben, Bayern, Germany; Braunschweig, Nedersachsen, Germany; Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Public Profiler’s Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Krefft Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Krefft Poland Localities Map. Retrieved January 1, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The region or powiat of Kartuzy in Pomorskie is the focus of my research for my Krefft ancestry.

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Krefft Surname:

Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Krefft’. Retrieved January 1, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/krefft.html

Public Profiler’s North American Distribution Map of the Kreft Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Krefft North American Regions Map. Retrieved January 1, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US

The Kreft spelling of this surname it more common throughout Poland and the United States. There are over 4000 people with the Kreft surname in Poland, with majority living in the Kaszubi region (Pomorskie). Also, there is a high density of Kreft surnames located in Wisconsin.