Gretha Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Gretha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Grétha (1) are calculated separately.
Gretha (4,937) may also be a first name.
Gretha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gretha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gretha (Marathi: ेथा) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Grétha. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gretha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gretha is the 2,876,555th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. Gretha occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Gretha live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 96,976th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 4,937 people.
The surname Gretha is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 5,086,507. In Indonesia Gretha is most numerous in: Jakarta, where 88 percent live and West Java, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 17 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gretha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gretha in the Marathi language | ||
| ेथा | etha | - |
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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 Gretha
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