Kretzler Surname

404,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kretzler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kretzler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5951:135,30316,470
United States1791:2,024,910129,652
Brazil891:2,405,33073,774
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Kretzler Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kretzler is found most in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretzler? popularity and diffusion

It is the 404,712th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,415,180 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Kretzler are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 595 people, or 1 in 135,303. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 67 percent are found, Bavaria, where 22 percent are found and Hamburg, where 4 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Brazil, where 10 percent are found.

Kretzler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kretzler has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 895 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kretzler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kretzler last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

Kretzler earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.93% more than the national average, earning $52,611 USD per year.

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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 Kretzler
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