Gretchenko Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Gretchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gretchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2961:486,90245,161
Belarus301:316,70234,864
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599

Gretchenko Last Name Facts

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

Gretchenko (Russian: Гретченко) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretchenko? popularity and diffusion

It is the 833,931st most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Gretchenko live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 296 people, or 1 in 486,902. In Russia Gretchenko is most prevalent in: Tyumen Oblast, where 30 percent reside, Khabarovsk Krai, where 10 percent reside and Moscow, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 9 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent reside.

Gretchenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Gretchenko surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 40% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gretchenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gretchenko in the Russian language
Гретченкоgretcenko-

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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 Gretchenko
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