Gretschel Surname

565,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gretschel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gretschel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4031:199,76522,952
United States821:4,420,231233,612
Poland411:927,04369,048
Austria101:851,54467,454
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Gretschel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gretschel is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gretschel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretschel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 565,867th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Gretschel reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Gretschel is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 403 people, or 1 in 199,765. In Germany Gretschel is most numerous in: Saxony, where 46 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Poland, where 7 percent live.

Gretschel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gretschel surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gretschel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 105.43% more than the national average, earning R 488,172 per year and in United States they earn 41.67% more than the national average, earning $61,130 USD per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gretschel
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