Kretzer Surname
Approximately 5,673 people bear this surname
Kretzer Surname User-submission:
Kretzer is a German nickname for a juror or a collector of legal fines. It is an occupational surname for a basketmaker or a peddler, from an agent derivative of the Middle High German word kretze, meaning 'basket'. It is also a habitational surname for someone from Kretz, near Mayen in the Eifel Mountains.
Read More About This SurnameKretzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,041 | 1:26,473 | 3,492 |
| United States | 1,425 | 1:254,357 | 24,122 |
| Brazil | 899 | 1:238,125 | 9,183 |
| Argentina | 114 | 1:374,942 | 29,068 |
| France | 66 | 1:1,006,405 | 112,047 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 248 | 1:202,495 | 17,559 |
Kretzer Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kretzer is a German nickname for a juror or a collector of legal fines. It is an occupational surname for a basketmaker or a peddler, from an agent derivative of the Middle High German word kretze, meaning 'basket'. It is also a habitational surname for someone from Kretz, near Mayen in the Eifel Mountains. it is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Kratzer.
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Kretzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kretzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kretzer is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kretzer.
How Common Is The Last Name Kretzer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kretzer is the 85,084th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,284,602 people. Kretzer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Kretzer live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 3,041 people, or 1 in 26,473. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Hesse, where 14 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Brazil, where 16 percent are found.
Kretzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kretzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kretzer last name expanded 575 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 260 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kretzer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kretzer are 21.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.46% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kretzer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.74% less than the national average, earning $42,398 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.23% less than the national average, earning $41,621 CAD per year.
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