Gerretzen Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Gerretzen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 108 | 1:156,363 | 23,208 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gerretzen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerretzen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerretzen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerretzen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,369,340th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Gerretzen is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Gerretzen are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Gerretzen is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 156,363. In The Netherlands Gerretzen is most common in: Gelderland, where 35 percent live, South Holland, where 25 percent live and Overijssel, where 13 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 16 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrietzen | 95 | 17 | / |
| Gerritzen | 89 | 1,911 | / |
| Gerretsen | 89 | 777 | / |
| Garretzen | 89 | 0 | / |
| Gerrietsen | 84 | 43 | / |
| Geritzen | 82 | 54 | / |
| Gerrizen | 82 | 8 | / |
| Gerrazen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Geretsen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Goerezen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gerretschen | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gerritsen | 78 | 15,144 | / |
| Garretsen | 78 | 342 | / |
| Gorritzen | 78 | 55 | / |
| Gerridzen | 78 | 53 | / |
| Gerretson | 78 | 48 | / |
| Garritzen | 78 | 34 | / |
| Gerritjen | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jerritzen | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gerezin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gerizen | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gerritssen | 74 | 6 | / |
| Gerristsen | 74 | 2 | / |
| Gerrittsen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Garrettsen | 74 | 0 | / |
| Geritsen | 71 | 26 | / |
| Geratsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heritzen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garetsen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gerritschen | 70 | 25 | / |
| Garritsen | 67 | 900 | / |
| Gerritson | 67 | 122 | / |
| Erezon | 67 | 6 | / |
| Erezan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gerittsen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Irezen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Geritssen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Erezin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gerritsenová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gerrotson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Garretsin | 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 Gerretzen
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