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 is found most in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerretzen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Gerretzen reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Gerretzen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 156,363. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 35 percent reside, South Holland, where 25 percent reside and Overijssel, where 13 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 16 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
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
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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 Gerretzen
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