Gretl Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gretl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gretl (1,854) may also be a first name.
Gretl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gretl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gretl has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gretl? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gretl is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Gretl reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Gretl is also the 176,950th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 1,854 people.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany Gretl is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 50 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 50 percent live. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.
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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 Gretl
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