Crete Surname
Approximately 2,423 people bear this surname
Crete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1,752 | 1:21,031 | 2,897 |
| France | 455 | 1:145,984 | 22,581 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Creté (1) are calculated separately.
Crete (151) may also be a first name.
Crete Demographics
Average Crete Salary in
Canada
$41,779 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Crete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Crete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Crete (Arabic: كريت) is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Creté. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Crete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 176,583rd most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,007,654 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Crete reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Gallo-North America. Crete is also the 749,223rd most common given name globally, borne by 151 people.
This surname is most widely held in Canada, where it is held by 1,752 people, or 1 in 21,031. In Canada Crete is most frequent in: Quebec, where 88 percent reside, Ontario, where 11 percent reside and British Columbia, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Canada this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 percent reside.
Crete Last Name Statistics demography
Crete earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.91% less than the national average, earning $41,779 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Crete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Crete in the Arabic language | ||
| كريت | kryt | - |
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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 Crete
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