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Kranz is a German language-derived surname; in German the word means wreath.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 61.6% of all known bearers of the surname Kranz were residents of Germany (frequency 1:4,603), 26.3% of the United States (1:48,490), 2.3% of Australia (1:37,147), 2.2% of Brazil (1:326,176), 1.9% of Austria (1:16,156), 1.7% of Poland (1:79,683) and 1.0% of Canada (1:129,570).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,603) in the following regions:
- 1. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:2,177)
- 2. Berlin (1:3,169)
- 3. Hesse (1:3,245)
- 4. Saxony-Anhalt (1:3,515)
- 5. Thuringia (1:3,716)
- 6. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:3,798)
- 7. Brandenburg (1:4,147)
- 8. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:4,315)
People
- Ashley Kranz, winner of CMT Canada's "CMT Casting Call 2007"
- Bernhard Kranz, German highly decorated Hauptmann der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II
- Carl Frederick Kranz, German-born minister and teacher, founder of the German Evangelical Proseminary, founding president of Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois
- Fran Kranz, American actor
- Gene Kranz, American NASA flight director and manager
- George Kranz, German dance music singer and percussionist
- Hugo Kranz, German-born businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada
- Jacob ben Wolf Kranz, Jewish Lithuania (Belarus)-born preacher (maggid)
- James P. Kranz Jr., American lawyer
- Ken Kranz, American NFL football player
- Markus Kranz, German football coach and former player
- Paula Dean Broadwell (née Kranz), American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional
- Stanislaus Kranz, birth name of Stanley Cortez, an American cinematographer
- Walther Kranz, German Classical philologist and historian of philosophy
Places
- Kranz Peak, a peak in the Queen Maud Mountains
- Kręcko (German: Kranz), a village in western Poland
- Kranzburg, town in South Dakota
Other
- Frankfurter Kranz, a cake specialty believed to originate from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Kranz anatomy, a characteristic leaf anatomy often possessed by C4 plants
- Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania, a 1978 Italian comedy film
References
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