Cretnik Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Cretnik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cretnik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria461:185,11823,639
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Čretnik (542) are calculated separately.

Cretnik Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cretnik is most common in Austria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Čretnik. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cretnik? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,931,261st most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Cretnik are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Cretnik is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 185,118. In Austria Cretnik is primarily concentrated in: Vienna, where 35 percent live, Lower Austria, where 26 percent live and Styria, where 22 percent live. Outside of Austria Cretnik is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 16 percent live.

Cretnik Last Name Statistics demography

Cretnik earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.93% less than the national average, earning $21,175 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čretnik95542/
Cresnik86107/
Tschretnik821/
Chertnik8011/
Krestnik805/
Creynick801/
Krenik77622/
Crenek7725/
Crenic771/
Scritnick751/
Kreinik71145/
Krenick7158/
Crynick7123/
Krienik7117/
Crainik7110/
Kreynik717/
Krytnik715/
Khrenik714/
Kritnik712/
Krenisk712/
Kratnik712/
Kretnikova712/
Krzenik711/
Crainick6721/
Kreinick6714/
Kreniske674/
Kreiniok672/
Krotnick671/
Khresnik671/
Krenicks670/

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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 Cretnik
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