Kretzmar Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kretzmar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kretzmar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Kretzmar Last Name Facts

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

Kretzmar is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kretzmar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Kretzmar occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kretzmar are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kretzmar is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 67 percent live, Western Cape, where 30 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Kretzmar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kretzmar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kretzmar last name contracted 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kretzmar Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kretzmar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 200.92% more than the national average, earning R 715,092 per year and in United States they earn 97.57% more than the national average, earning $85,250 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kretzmar
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