Cretten Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Cretten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cretten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
England361:1,547,72466,012
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cretten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cretten is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cretten? popularity and diffusion

Cretten is the 1,994,173rd most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Cretten reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 1,062,308. In South Africa Cretten is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 65 percent are found, Free State, where 20 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 41 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Cretten Last Name Statistics demography

Cretten earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 106.43% more than the national average, earning R 490,548 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crettien9315/
Creten92783/
Schretten881/
Critten86634/
Cretien86228/
Creeten86116/
Kretten8642/
Crettin8614/
Cresten865/
Createn865/
Crotten861/
Crettem861/
Chreten861/
Cratten860/
Cretn832/
Scritten8072/
Crittend805/
Crethien802/
Chresten802/
Critteen801/
Cretehen801/
Chreiten801/
Kreutten800/
Cretting800/
Chreteen800/
Chritten800/
Krietten800/
Cretin773,758/
Kreten77153/
Creene7716/
Certen7713/
Sreten7712/
Cresen776/
Crehen774/
Criten773/
Cirten771/
Schritten7539/
Christten755/
Crittendt751/
Crittin71529/
Crestin71503/
Cristen71230/
Kreiten71189/
Chretin71187/
Critien71161/
Kroeten71123/
Cresent71101/
Krethen7183/
Krotten7140/
Kritten7127/
Cressen7126/
Creutin7119/
Krieten7118/
Cresien717/
Creatin716/
Crecent714/
Chirten713/
Chriten713/
Crithen713/
Cherten713/
Creştin712/
Crysten712/
Creting711/
Creștin711/
Cruiten711/
Cuirten710/
Croiten710/
Crothen710/
Kreuten710/
Creasen710/
Crayten710/
Christen6722,439/
Crean675,241/
Cressent671,100/
Cressend67187/
Crene67145/
Creissen67107/
Kreithen6727/
Chrestin6726/
Crein6714/
Creachen677/
Creation676/
Cristtin673/
Cresting672/
Critn671/
Crichten671/
Cricentt671/
Cristenn671/
Crittion671/
Sretting671/
Creyn671/
Crhisten671/
Critting670/
Schrethn670/
Cristeen670/
Creasent670/
Crhen670/

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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 Cretten
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