Credit Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Credit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Credit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel2761:31,0064,402
Afghanistan411:784,2248,247
Iran381:2,020,59371,790
Marshall Islands141:3,702761
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Credit (233) may also be a first name.

Credit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Credit Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Credit (Arabic: كريدى) is borne by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Credit? popularity and diffusion

Credit is the 761,666th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Credit are found; 74 percent are found in West Asia and 74 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Credit is also the 587,225th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 233 people.

The surname Credit is most widespread in Israel, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 31,006. In Israel Credit is most numerous in: Central District, where 32 percent live, Southern District, where 24 percent live and Jerusalem District, where 21 percent live. Barring Israel this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 11 percent live and Iran, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Creditt9287/
Crediet9244/
Chredit920/
Credi91587/
Kredit83133/
Credie8348/
Credet8323/
Creidi8322/
Credis8320/
Credio8316/
Cresdi832/
Credei831/
Krediet77496/
Creadie776/
Kredite773/
Creadis773/
Creddie771/
Kredeit771/
Creidis771/
Creddet770/
Cridi7312,256/
Crede73706/
Kredi73179/
Creda7384/
Credé7326/
Credy7315/
Crédi732/
Criddith712/
Creddett711/
Creedy67783/
Creede67154/
Cready67142/
Creder6791/
Creide6783/
Kreidi6769/
Credes6751/
Creidy6731/
Crisdi6727/
Kreditova6724/
Kerdit6715/
Kirdit6711/
Kridit679/
Craidi679/
Credey676/
Creade674/
Kreadi673/
Kreedi673/
Cresdy673/
Creddy672/
Cerdet672/
Credhe671/
Kredie671/
Kredio671/
Kreydi671/
Cridio671/
Schraidit671/
Cridet671/
Creida671/
Kredhi671/
Cridai671/
Creeda670/
Cridis670/
Credge670/

Credit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Credit in the Arabic language
كريدىkrydy-
كريديهkrydyh-
كريدتkrydt-
كريديkrydy-

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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
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  • 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 Credit
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