Creteau Surname

809,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 345 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Creteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Creteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2211:300,55545,904
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Creteau Last Name Facts

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

Creteau is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Creteau.

How Common Is The Last Name Creteau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 809,613th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Creteau reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Creteau is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 300,555. In France Creteau is most common in: Grand Est, where 24 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 16 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Not including France this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Creteau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Creteau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Creteau last name expanded 1,020 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Creteau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Creteau last name are 3.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.52% being registered with the political party.

Creteau earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.64% more than the national average, earning $47,309 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cretea921/
Createa861/
Cretieu860/
Cretiu77776/
Cretia772/
Cretoiu71288/
Crestia71140/
Croteuu711/
Cretius711/
Cretiaa711/
Creatia711/
Crestiaa678/
Crestias673/
Cratehhu671/
Crestiáa671/
Cristeiu671/
Creatias670/

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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 Creteau
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