Gretzbach Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gretzbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gretzbach Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany901:894,50563,669
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gretzbach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gretzbach is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gretzbach.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretzbach? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,955,159th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Gretzbach is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gretzbach live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gretzbach is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 894,505. In Germany Gretzbach is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 23 percent live and Berlin, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groetzbach9513/
Graetzbach951/
Gritzbach89252/
Grötzbach8980/
Grätzbach8917/
Grytzbach891/
Gritzbauch8412/
Gritzbachová7614/
Grätzbachová765/
Grötzbachová761/
Gritzbauchová732/
Grycbach711/
Gertsbakh674/
Gryzwacz5910/
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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 Gretzbach
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