Kretschmann Surname

62,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kretschmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kretschmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,9541:11,5771,482
United States2501:1,449,83699,395
Brazil2071:1,034,17636,449
South Africa1221:444,08037,713
Australia1011:267,28424,253
Poland891:427,06544,572
Canada721:511,74443,418
Switzerland541:152,09114,437
Austria381:224,09027,245
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
England61:9,286,343223,652
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Kretschmann Last Name Facts

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

Kretschmann is found most in Germany. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretschmann? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 62,658th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 910,033 people. The last name Kretschmann occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Kretschmann are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kretschmann is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 6,954 people, or 1 in 11,577. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live and Bavaria, where 9 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Kretschmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kretschmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kretschmann surname rose 3,571 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kretschmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kretschmann surname are 26.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.86% registered with the party.

The amount Kretschmann earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning R 233,700 per year; in United States they earn 14.89% more than the national average, earning $49,572 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.86% less than the national average, earning $48,759 CAD per year.

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Kretschmann Reference & Research

Kretschmann DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Kretschmann FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Kretschmann
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