Krestas Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Krestas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 122 | 1:90,818 | 15,316 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Krestas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krestas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Krestas occurs most in Greece. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Krestas? popularity and diffusion
Krestas is the 1,465,390th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Krestas reside; 85 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Krestas is most numerous in Greece, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 90,818. In Greece it is most numerous in: Central Greece, where 51 percent live, Attica, where 47 percent live and Ionian Islands, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Greece this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.
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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 Krestas
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