Gretel Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Gretel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 142 | 1:60,265 | 7,682 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gretel (23,011) may also be a first name.
Gretel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gretel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gretel (Marathi: ेटेल, Russian: Гретель) is held by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gretel? popularity and diffusion
Gretel is the 1,434,893rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Gretel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Gretel live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 34,006th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 23,011 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Israel, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 60,265. In Israel it is most frequent in: Central District, where 31 percent reside, Tel Aviv District, where 26 percent reside and Southern District, where 17 percent reside. Beside Israel this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gretel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gretel in the Marathi language | ||
| ेटेल | etela | - |
| Gretel in the Russian language | ||
| Гретель | gretel | - |
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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 Gretel
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