Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The kress Surname

kress Name Meaning and History

  1. from a much altered pet form of the personal name Erasmus, a Latinized form of Greek erasmos ‘loved’ (see Rasmus).
  2. from a much altered pet form of the personal name Christian.
  3. from Middle High German kresse ‘gudgeon’, hence probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman.
  4. unflattering nickname for a greedy person, from Old High German krassig, gratag ‘greedy’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The kress name in History

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

kress Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add kress family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of kress Families in the US in 1920
Number of kress families
 98-194
 33-97		 1-32
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view kress census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for kress records.
  • You can see how kress families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search kress census records.

More resources for your kress family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources