Kreta Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Kreta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Ukraine | 95 | 1:479,186 | 55,632 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Slovakia | 19 | 1:280,866 | 41,728 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kréta (3) are calculated separately.
Kreta (156) may also be a first name.
Kreta Demographics
Average Kreta Salary in
United States
$46,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kreta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kreta (Arabic: كريتّا, Georgian: კრეტა, Hindi: क्रेता, Russian: Крета) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be found in the variant forms: Kréta. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 717,442nd most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,905,518 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 43 percent of Kreta reside; 32 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 30 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Kreta is also the 735,679th most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 156 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Aside from Egypt it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 21 percent are found.
Kreta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kreta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kreta last name rose 8,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kreta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kreta are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
Kreta earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kreta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kreta in the Georgian language | ||
| კრეტა | kreta | - |
| Kreta in the Hindi language | ||
| क्रेता | kreta | 92.59 |
| क्रेट | kreta | 7.41 |
| Kreta in the Russian language | ||
| Крета | kreta | - |
| Kreta in the Arabic language | ||
| كريتّا | kryta | - |
| كريتا | kryta | - |
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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 Kreta
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