The Cretin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 135 people carried this name — #126,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 139 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,158 people named Cretin.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
204 people named Cretin live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
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Surnames next to Cretin.
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