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krey Name Meaning and History

  1. nickname from Middle Low German krege ‘crow’. Compare Kray.
  2. occupational name for a watchman, Middle High German krai, a loanword from French cri ‘shout’, ‘cry’.

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

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

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Distribution of krey Families in the US in 1920
Number of krey families
 13-23
 5-12		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 12 - Messages: 21
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Sabina KREY or Jacob Casper KREY KyleGoetz 4
Gertrude Krey DorothySwanson44 0
RE:KREY FAITHSANGELS 0
William E. Schuette - 1914 - 1990 - son of William Schuette and Christina Krey JoellenBrown27 0
Kreye Family from Lesum-Area in Germany melaniejk 0
Henry Krey dmcglone01 0
rudolph krey fresco painter kreyreu1 0
family Tim Krey 2
Rudolf Krey, fresco painter Florence Reuter 0
Was Krey a German name for Gray? bargd1 1
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