Crettex Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Crettex Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crettex Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland821:100,15810,705
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397

Crettex Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crettex has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Crettex? popularity and diffusion

The last name Crettex is the 2,020,555th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Crettex are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 100,158. In Switzerland it is most prevalent in: Canton of Valais, where 76 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 12 percent reside and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Switzerland this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Colombia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Crettez8661/
Creteux861/
Crettes861/
Crotteux8071/
Crettiez8011/
Cretes77128/
Kretex771/
Krettek71632/
Creates71118/
Crestez7195/
Creutez7110/
Croteux719/
Krettes714/
Crestes714/
Crittes713/
Crettis711/
Cretese711/
Kretteck674/
Kretteis672/

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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 Crettex
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