Kritikos Surname

79,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kritikos Surname User-submission:

Kritikos (or Kritikou for females) is a Greek surname meaning 'Cretan'. Crete is the largest Greek island, 300kilometers from Piraeus (8.5h by ferry from Piraeus to any Cretan port, 1h by plane from Athens to any Cretan airport).

Kritikos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece4,5251:2,449180
United States8341:434,60337,429
Cyprus2431:3,641439
Australia1161:232,72221,885
Canada1011:364,80832,793
England831:671,30238,633
Tanzania561:945,38644,615
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
France271:2,460,101186,232
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Kritikós (1) are calculated separately.

Kritikos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kritikos (or Kritikou for females) is a Greek surname meaning 'Cretan'. Crete is the largest Greek island, 300kilometers from Piraeus (8.5h by ferry from Piraeus to any Cretan port, 1h by plane from Athens to any Cretan airport).

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A locational name, meaning 'from Crete', the largest and most populous of the Greek islands which lies south of mainland Greece.

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Kritikos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kritikos (Russian: Критикос) has its highest incidence in Greece. It may also be rendered as: Kritikós. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kritikos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 79,280th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,184,004 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Kritikos reside; 78 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 77 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 4,525 people, or 1 in 2,449. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 39 percent are found, South Aegean, where 19 percent are found and Central Greece, where 10 percent are found. Other than Greece this surname is found in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Cyprus, where 4 percent are found.

Kritikos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kritikos last name are 2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.23% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kritikos earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 53.1% more than the national average, earning R 363,816 per year; in United States they earn 15.58% more than the national average, earning $49,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.13% more than the national average, earning $55,712 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kritikós961/
Krititkos941/
Kriticos88207/
Critikos8872/
Kritikas8825/
Kretikos8813/
Kritikus881/
Criticos75242/
Kretekos7539/
Cretikos7531/
Kreticos7516/
Krytykos759/
Kretykos753/
Kristekas716/
Critticos715/
Cristicos711/
Krestikas711/
Cretekos6371/
Creticos6342/
Criticus631/
Críticos631/
Krettecos5911/
Cretecos5027/

Kritikos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kritikos in the Russian language
Критикосkritikos-

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