Cretu Surname
Approximately 35,665 people bear this surname
Cretu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 25,246 | 1:795 | 103 |
| Moldova | 7,865 | 1:453 | 22 |
| Spain | 1,135 | 1:41,191 | 3,978 |
| United States | 285 | 1:1,271,786 | 89,511 |
| Canada | 144 | 1:255,872 | 24,214 |
| Italy | 136 | 1:449,682 | 47,840 |
| England | 111 | 1:501,964 | 31,980 |
| France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
| Germany | 105 | 1:766,719 | 57,066 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Greece | 82 | 1:135,119 | 22,476 |
| Belgium | 74 | 1:155,360 | 21,583 |
| Russia | 33 | 1:4,367,365 | 205,470 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Crétu (1) are calculated separately.
Cretu (20) may also be a first name.
Cretu Demographics
Average Cretu Salary in
United States
$47,362 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cretu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cretu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cretu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Crétu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cretu? popularity and diffusion
Cretu is the 15,625th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 204,333 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cretu reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name in the world, held by 20 people.
The last name Cretu is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 25,246 people, or 1 in 795. In Romania Cretu is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 9 percent live, Iași County, where 9 percent live and Vaslui County, where 6 percent live. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 22 percent live and Spain, where 3 percent live.
Cretu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cretu last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
The amount Cretu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 67.37% less than the national average, earning €9,800 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.42% less than the national average, earning R 167,736 per year; in United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.21% less than the national average, earning $48,584 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crétu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cretus | 91 | 159 | / |
| Crettu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cretui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cretau | 91 | 0 | / |
| Cretaud | 83 | 88 | / |
| Crestou | 83 | 46 | / |
| Crestus | 83 | 27 | / |
| Cretoux | 83 | 18 | / |
| Cretaux | 83 | 11 | / |
| Creytus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Creteux | 83 | 1 | / |
| Creytou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cirtu | 80 | 253 | / |
| Critu | 80 | 101 | / |
| Certu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kretu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Crestaux | 77 | 57 | / |
| Cretault | 77 | 8 | / |
| Chreatus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Crettaux | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cresstup | 77 | 0 | / |
| Cristu | 73 | 587 | / |
| Chirtu | 73 | 138 | / |
| Cirtau | 73 | 36 | / |
| Srestu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kretuś | 73 | 2 | / |
| Certui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jhretu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreutu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Critou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cretoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kretui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cristau | 67 | 133 | / |
| Chirtau | 67 | 74 | / |
| Christu | 67 | 67 | / |
| Cristut | 67 | 30 | / |
| Cristuț | 67 | 29 | / |
| Cristou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Krestou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Cristus | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sreshtu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chirtou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sresthu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kreitus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Krettou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crétoux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sreethu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sreestu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shrestu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crêtaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cristuş | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chertou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crétaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cruitup | 67 | 0 | / |
| Craytou | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Cretu
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