Where Does The Last Name Gretscher Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gretscher has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretscher? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,596,935^th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gretscher live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Gretscher is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 670,879. In Germany Gretscher is most prevalent in: Thuringia, where 31 percent reside, Hesse, where 27 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.

Gretscher Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Gretscher has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.