Cretenoud Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Cretenoud Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cretenoud Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Cretenoud Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cretenoud is found most in Switzerland. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Cretenoud click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cretenoud? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cretenoud is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Cretenoud occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Cretenoud live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Cretenoud is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,053,229. In Switzerland Cretenoud is most numerous in: Canton of Vaud, where 75 percent reside and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Switzerland this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 25 percent reside and Ireland, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cretenoux891/
Cretenoid891/
Creteanu82251/
Cretenot822/
Cretenoy821/
Cresteano781/
Creiteanu781/
Cretino7513/
Cretieneau7433/
Crettenois744/
Crettino7165/
Kresteno7111/
Crestinu718/
Crétenot712/
Crestena711/
Criteanu711/
Cretineau6733/
Craiteanu675/
Cristenot673/
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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 Cretenoud
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