Kretschmar Surname

126,167th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kretschmar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kretschmar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,7801:28,9593,811
United States6021:602,09149,009
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Chile371:476,12112,335
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Austria281:304,12334,120
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Kretschmar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kretschmar is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kretschmar.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretschmar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 126,167th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,022,072 people. Kretschmar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Kretschmar live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 2,780 people, or 1 in 28,959. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 37 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found. Barring Germany Kretschmar exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Kretschmar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kretschmar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 872 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kretschmar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kretschmar surname are 25.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.9% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kretschmar earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 5.47% more than the national average, earning $45,508 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.47% less than the national average, earning $36,533 CAD per year.

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Kretschmar 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
  • 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 Kretschmar
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