Kretschmer Surname

23,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kretschmer Surname Definition:

(German) One who sold ale and wine, a tavernkeeper.

Kretschmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany18,7121:4,302497
United States1,3641:265,73225,019
Brazil6891:310,70311,977
Australia4761:56,7146,917
Austria3701:23,0153,620
South Africa2271:238,66824,509
Poland2171:175,15624,150
Canada1461:252,36723,920
Czechia741:143,69622,443
Switzerland721:114,06811,784
Israel601:142,62715,171
France601:1,107,045119,335
Chile461:382,96710,457
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
England271:2,063,63279,942
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Paraguay141:516,9106,745
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
China21:683,660,78330,601
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Kretschmer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who sold ale and wine, a tavernkeeper.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kretschmer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kretschmer is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretschmer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 23,787th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 320,149 people. The last name Kretschmer occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Kretschmer are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kretschmer is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 18,712 people, or 1 in 4,302. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside, Saxony, where 15 percent reside and Bavaria, where 12 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 48 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Kretschmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kretschmer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kretschmer surname expanded 1,705 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kretschmer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kretschmer last name are 16.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.18% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kretschmer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.36% less than the national average, earning 289,468 kr per year; in Peru they earn 91.71% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,163 per year; in South Africa they earn 62.39% more than the national average, earning R 385,908 per year; in United States they earn 15.84% more than the national average, earning $49,983 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.9% more than the national average, earning $59,071 CAD per year.

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Kretschmer 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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