Kretshmer Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Australia

Kretshmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kretshmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Kretshmer Last Name Facts

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

Kretshmer is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretshmer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Kretshmer are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil Kretshmer is most frequent in: Paraná, where 33 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 33 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Kretshmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kretshmer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Kretshmer
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