Gretan Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Gretan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Gretan (22) may also be a first name.
Gretan Demographics
Gretan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gretan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gretan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gretan (Marathi: ेटन, Russian: Гретан) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gretan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Gretan live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gretan is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 22 people.
Gretan is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 2,354,377. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 95 percent live, Central Luzon, where 2 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 2 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.
Gretan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gretan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gretan surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gretan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gretan surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gretan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gretan in the Marathi language | ||
| ेटन | etana | - |
| Gretan in the Russian language | ||
| Гретан | gretan | - |
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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 Gretan
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