Kreischer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. habitational name for someone from a place called Kreische, Kreischa, or Kreischau in Saxony
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɹaɪʃɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kreischer is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- BRBrazil
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. habitational name for someone from a place called Kreische, Kreischa, or Kreischau in Saxony. 2. nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German krischen ‘to shriek or cry’ or a metonymic occupational name for a torturer, from an agent deriva351 five of Middle High German kreischen ‘to make someone shriek (in pain)’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kreischer is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Familienname zu mhd. kr0aen, spätmhd. kr0schen 'kreischen, schreien, stöhnen'; Beiname nach einem persönlichen Merkmal (kreischend). 421 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Personenname; zu ‚kreischen‘, also ‚Schreier/lauter Mensch‘. Bearer count: 421.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, from place-names Kreisch(a/e/au)
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Karl Gustav Kreischerb. 1834DElibrarian and university teacher (1834-1891)
- Bert Kreischerb. 1972USAmerican stand-up comedian, reality television host and actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 707 | #32,524 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 689 | #35,228 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 681 | #31,986 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 429 | #19,530 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 65 | — |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 64 | #26,318 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 21 | #46,087 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 17 | #91,572 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Kreischer come from?
- 1. habitational name for someone from a place called Kreische, Kreischa, or Kreischau in Saxony. 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Kreischer?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹaɪʃɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kreischer mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. habitational name for someone from a place called Kreische, Kreischa, or Kreischau in Saxony.
- In which country does Kreischer have the most bearers?
- Kreischer is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kreischer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.