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Kraft Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kraft
Name Distribution of Kraft Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kraft families
 227 - 452  76 - 226 |
 1 - 75  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kraft families
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13 - 23 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kraft families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kraft census records
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Kraft Family Origin
Kraft Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kraft
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kraft Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kraft census records
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Kraft Civil War Service Records
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