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The Kreiss surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 487 people carried this name — #44,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 22% from 399 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 155 people named Kreiss.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Bas-Rhin 100
Haut-Rhin 25
Paris 7
Loir-et-Cher 4
Marne 4
Yvelines 3
Moselle 2
Morbihan 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Kreiss live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 7
Valais 6
Bern 4
Geneva 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Kreiss,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Kreiss
    George Kreiss 1830–1907 · politician
  • Henryk Kreiss
    Henryk Kreiss 1890–2000 · military officer
  • Hans Kreiss 1910– · artist
  • Heinz-Otto Kreiss 1930–2015 · mathematician
  • Heinz-Otto Kreiss 1930–2015 · mathematician
  • Bernard Kreiss 1938–2019 · translator

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Kreiss.

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