The Kress surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,528 people carried this name — #4,711 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,269 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 333 people named Kress.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
143 people named Kress live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 53 people named Kress live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
28 people named Kress have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 81 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Kress is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Kress in American newspapers,
1909–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 69,984 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kress,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Kress 1836–1913 · inventor -
Daniel H. Kress 1862–1956 · missionary -
Kress Hieronymus d. 1477 · politician
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Thomas Kress 1450–1564 · monk
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Johann Paul Kress 1677–1741 · jurist
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C. F. Kress 1767–1812 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kress.
- Krein 1,057 · U.S. census
- Kreiss 487 · U.S. census
- Kreitz 849 · U.S. census
- Kremer 7,784 · U.S. census
- Kremp 167 · U.S. census
- Kremser 245 · U.S. census
- Kretz 1,112 · U.S. census
- Kreutter 181 · U.S. census
- Kreutz 996 · U.S. census
- Kreutzer 2,223 · U.S. census
- Kribs 362 · U.S. census
- Krick 3,720 · U.S. census
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