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The kraft Surname

kraft Name Meaning and History

German (also Kräft), Danish, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong man, from Old High German kraft, German Kraft ‘strength’, ‘power’. The Swedish name probably originated as a soldier’s name. In part the German and Danish names possibly also derive from a late survival of the same word used as a byname, Old High German Chraft(o), Old Norse Kraptr.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kraft name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kraft family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kraft Families in the US in 1920
Number of kraft families
 227-452
 76-226		 1-75
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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