Cretel Surname

429,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Cretel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cretel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France6451:102,98115,164
Belgium891:129,17618,730
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England21:27,859,030389,889

The alternate forms: Crétel (13) are calculated separately.

Cretel (23) may also be a first name.

Cretel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cretel occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Crétel. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cretel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cretel is the 429,044th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,064,112 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Cretel reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.

The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 645 people, or 1 in 102,981. In France Cretel is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 64 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 5 percent are found. Besides France this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Cretel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cretel surname are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.59% being registered to vote for the party.

Cretel earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crétel9413/
Crestel92152/
Crettel922/
Creitel921/
Scretel921/
Chrestel863/
Schretel861/
Creastel861/
Cresteel860/
Certel831,341/
Crecel83190/
Critel8362/
Cirtel8322/
Crehel8321/
Cresel8320/
Kretel839/
Creele833/
Crytel830/
Creetl830/
Schrettel8015/
Schreitel8015/
Cristel77491/
Kreutel77476/
Chritel77159/
Kreitel77158/
Cressel7793/
Critell7757/
Creelle7732/
Chirtel7719/
Crystel7710/
Chertel775/
Cresell774/
Kreytel772/
Crittel771/
Creseld771/
Schretl771/
Creisel771/
Certell770/
Certeel770/
Jrettel770/
Creecyl770/
Krettel770/
Creal73771/
Creul7321/
Kretl739/
Creil733/
Šretl732/
Sretl731/
Crele731/
Crgel731/
Crelh730/
Christel712,885/
Schrettl71249/
Cressell71163/
Schreitl71113/
Crittell7197/
Kreshtel7186/
Cristell7165/
Creissel7150/
Creyssel7128/
Chrystel714/
Kresteel713/
Crystell712/
Kreitiel711/
Crysteel711/
Craystel711/
Djreitel711/
Crysttel711/
Certhell710/
Krehel67494/
Crisel67411/
Kertel67341/
Crysel67258/
Christell67188/
Kreitl67176/
Kırtel6765/
Creale6732/
Cricel6728/
Kritel6718/
Kreßel6717/
Creiscell6714/
Certyl6712/
Certil678/
Cristl676/
Qritel674/
Kretil673/
Crelle672/
Crycel672/
Cresil672/
Crécel672/
Crésel672/
Creall671/
Kirtel671/
Cresscell671/
Cqreil671/
Cirtil671/
Kreutl671/
Creyle670/
Creuhl670/
Cresshell670/
Cresle670/

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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 Cretel
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