Gretry Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Gretry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gretry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1151:99,97115,234
France181:3,690,151224,666
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Grétry (49) are calculated separately.

Gretry Last Name Facts

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

Gretry is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Grétry. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretry? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Gretry reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 99,971. In Belgium Gretry is most prevalent in: Walloon Region, where 99 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grétry9449/
Gretroy921/
Grery913/
Greatrey868/
Gratry838/
Greary836/
Gertry833/
Grerry832/
Grerey831/
Greury831/
Greery831/
Greray830/
Grotry830/
Grearey771/
Ghreary771/
Gresrey770/
Grattry770/
Grearry770/
Grere73115/
Grera7339/
Greri733/
Gryry731/
Gruitroy713/
Geertruy712/
Gertrych711/
Greatrez711/
Greatres711/
Greatret710/
Griere67474/
Greere67462/
Griera67348/
Greathree6715/
Gruitrooy6712/
Greira6712/
Greara676/
Greera675/
Gruytrooy675/
Ghrera674/
Greyre674/
Greris673/
Greare673/
Grairy673/
Grerio672/
Grerge672/
Greeri672/
Grerra672/
Ghrere672/
Giertrych671/
Greuri671/
Ghriry671/
Greree671/
Griret671/
Grirer671/
Greire671/
Grerer670/
Grerze670/
Grerie670/
Greres670/

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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 Gretry
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