Cognomen Kres (Kres 
, Cruce 
, Crux ) , globally, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Kres is characteristic of Slovenia, where it is quite a rare surname, Switzerland, and El Salvador. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Indonesia, and Germany. Much less frequently, Kres is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Kres | Switzerland, India, United States, Germany, Indonesia |
| Cruce | Spain, France, United Kingdom, United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Crux | Spain, India, United States, Germany, Indonesia |
| Крес | Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine |
| johann wilhelm kres (b. 1813) |
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| hans kres AT (b. 1909) |
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| heinz kres (b. 1929) |
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| gvido kres Slovene economist, SI (b. 1959) |
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| feliks w. kres Polish writer, PL (b. 1966) |
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| jelena isak kres SI (b. 1974) |
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