Kretz surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kretz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,112 people carried this name — #22,989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,149 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

557 people named Kretz live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 156
Aargau 77
Zurich 69
St. Gallen 64
Thurgau 34
Zug 32
Obwalden 30
Bern 25

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 508 people named Kretz.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Bas-Rhin 244
Moselle 97
Haut-Rhin 65
Paris 38
Seine-et-Marne 6
Yonne 6
Yvelines 4
Vosges 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 26 people named Kretz live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

152 people named Kretz is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 152

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 Kretz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • František Kretz
    František Kretz 1859–1929 · composer
  • Johann Kretz 1482–
  • Nicola Kretz 1757–1830 · baker
  • Johann Kretz 1795–1864 · politician
  • Xavier Kretz 1830–1889 · engineer
  • Richard Kretz 1865–1920 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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