Kreps Family History
Kreps Name Meaning
Czech and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Krebs ‘crab’ or
Yiddish kreps ‘crayfish’. As a Jewish name it is of ornamental
origin; otherwise it was probably a nickname for someone with a
peculiar gait.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kreps Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kreps families
 30 - 57  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kreps families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kreps Family Origin
Kreps Immigration Information
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Kreps Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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