For Kriesten there are 33 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Kriesten is on position 4494.
The name is very common in the county of Glatz in Silesia. A slave named Krijeca etc had moved over the mountains and in his new home was very fruitful. The name was then Germanized. Others make the settlement of the 2 trains farmers' sons in the Middle Ages to the emergence of the name in the county of responsibility. The Swiss emigrants were again searched mountains. In a Swiss canton is the name Kriesten otherwise stressed very often. Name can not be excluded from Hesse, related to Christ, Christians, etc. Best regards. G. Kriesten.
(Sent from: Dr.G. Kriesten.)
