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

The last name Kretschmann is most common in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretschmann? popularity and diffusion

It is the 62,658th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,033 people. Kretschmann occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Kretschmann reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 6,954 people, or 1 in 11,577. In Germany Kretschmann is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside and Bavaria, where 9 percent reside. Beside Germany Kretschmann exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Kretschmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kretschmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kretschmann last name grew 3,571 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kretschmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kretschmann surname are 26.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.86% registered to vote for the political 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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