Kritikos Surname
Approximately 6,155 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 4,525 | 1:2,449 | 180 |
| United States | 834 | 1:434,603 | 37,429 |
| Cyprus | 243 | 1:3,641 | 439 |
| Australia | 116 | 1:232,722 | 21,885 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Tanzania | 56 | 1:945,386 | 44,615 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
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).
- aris.dryg11A locational name, meaning 'from Crete', the largest and most populous of the Greek islands which lies south of mainland Greece.
- nevaehw22Kritikos Demographics
Average Kritikos Salary in
United States
$49,873 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kritikós | 96 | 1 | / |
| Krititkos | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kriticos | 88 | 207 | / |
| Critikos | 88 | 72 | / |
| Kritikas | 88 | 25 | / |
| Kretikos | 88 | 13 | / |
| Kritikus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Criticos | 75 | 242 | / |
| Kretekos | 75 | 39 | / |
| Cretikos | 75 | 31 | / |
| Kreticos | 75 | 16 | / |
| Krytykos | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kretykos | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kristekas | 71 | 6 | / |
| Critticos | 71 | 5 | / |
| Cristicos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Krestikas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cretekos | 63 | 71 | / |
| Creticos | 63 | 42 | / |
| Criticus | 63 | 1 | / |
| Críticos | 63 | 1 | / |
| Krettecos | 59 | 11 | / |
| Cretecos | 50 | 27 | / |
Kritikos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kritikos in the Russian language | ||
| Критикос | kritikos | - |
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