Crétien Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Crétien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crétien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France51:13,284,544357,392
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Cretien (228) are calculated separately.

Crétien Last Name Facts

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

The surname Crétien is most common in France. It may be found as: Cretien. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Crétien? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Crétien are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 13,284,544. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 80 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent reside. Outside of France this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 17 percent reside.

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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 Crétien
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