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 last name Cretten is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cretten.

How Common Is The Last Name Cretten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Cretten live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,062,308. In South Africa Cretten is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 65 percent are found, Free State, where 20 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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