Crețu Surname
Approximately 3,974 people bear this surname
Crețu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 3,973 | 1:5,054 | 680 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
The alternate forms: Creṭu (1) are calculated separately.
Crețu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Crețu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Crețu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Creṭu. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Crețu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 116,074th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,833,806 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Crețu live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 3,973 people, or 1 in 5,054. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Iași County, where 9 percent reside, Neamț County, where 8 percent reside and Constanța County, where 7 percent reside. Beside Romania Crețu occurs in one country. It is also common in Moldova, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Crețu
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