Kretsa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kretsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kretsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kretsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kretsa is found in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kretsa? popularity and diffusion
Kretsa is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kretsa live; 90 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,231,088. In Greece it is most common in: Attica, where 44 percent are found, Western Greece, where 44 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Greece this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Ukraine, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Kretsa
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