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 surname Gretel (Marathi: ेटेल, Russian: Гретель) is found most in Israel. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gretel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Gretel is primarily found 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 numerous first name worldwide, borne by 23,011 people.
The surname is most widely held in Israel, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 60,265. In Israel Gretel is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 31 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 26 percent live and Southern District, where 17 percent live. Outside of Israel this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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