Cretzu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Cretzu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cretzu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova71:508,76732,975
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Cretzu Last Name Facts

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

Cretzu occurs most in Moldova. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cretzu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Cretzu live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most common in Moldova, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 508,767. In Moldova Cretzu is mostly concentrated in: Chișinău Municipality, where 71 percent are found, Căușeni District, where 14 percent are found and Soroca District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Moldova this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kretzu8351/
Crezeu832/
Crezou831/
Cretcu831/
Creţu734,466/
Crizu733/
Crecu732/
Srezu731/
Krezu731/
Gkretzou711/
Cretcheu711/
Kretsu673,258/
Krezou6716/
Kretju676/
Kretxu672/
Crecsu671/

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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 Cretzu
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