The Cretu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 231 people carried this name — #81,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 89% from 122 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Cretu.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
47 people named Cretu live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 41 people named Cretu live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Cretu is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Cretu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kapushon 1981– · record producer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cretu.
- Crest 251 · U.S. census
- Cresta 426 · U.S. census
- Crestani 102 · U.S. census
- Cresto 283 · U.S. census
- Crete 416 · U.S. census
- Cretin 135 · U.S. census
- Creutz 238 · U.S. census
- Crevier 589 · U.S. census
- Criado 689 · U.S. census
- Crine 134 · U.S. census
- Criqui 341 · U.S. census
- Criscuolo 1,121 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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