Kretshmar Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kretshmar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Kretshmar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kretshmar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kretshmar (Russian: Кретшмар) has its highest incidence in Russia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kretshmar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kretshmar is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Kretshmar live; 71 percent live in Eastern Europe and 71 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 28,824,611. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Rostov Oblast, where 100 percent live. Barring Russia Kretshmar occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Kretshmar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kretshmar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kretshmar last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kretshmar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kretshmar in the Russian language | ||
| Кретшмар | kretsmar | - |
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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 Kretshmar
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