# Kress (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kress/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,528 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,711 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,013 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (7,269 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kress in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kress in the United States.

## People named Kress

- Nathan Kress, American actor (born 1992)
- Nancy Kress, American science fiction writer (1948-)
- Wilhelm Kress, Austrian aviation pioneer (1836-1913)
- Samuel Henry Kress, American businessman and philanthropist (1863-1955), founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five
- Harold F. Kress, American film editor (1913-1999)

## Similar surnames

Krauss, Kreis, Kriss, Krass, Kroes, Kresge, Kirk, Krause, Kruse, Kraus, Kirsch, Kersey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.