Gretschmann Surname

629,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gretschmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gretschmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2991:269,24928,591
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Gretschmann Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gretschmann is found most in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretschmann? popularity and diffusion

Gretschmann is the 629,292nd most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 14,994,950 people. The surname Gretschmann is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Gretschmann reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 269,249. In Germany Gretschmann is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 54 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 27 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Gretschmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gretschmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gretschmann last name expanded 6,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gretschmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gretschmann last name are 41.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.24% registered with the political party.

Gretschmann earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.01% less than the national average, earning $40,988 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
  • 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 Gretschmann
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