How common is the surname Kretschmer?

1,069 people in the United States had the surname Kretschmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kretschmer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kretschmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kretschmer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 3.2%.

What are other spellings of Kretschmer?

Kretzschmer, Kretschmar, Kretzschmar, Krcmar and Kreczmar.

The surname Kretschmer

A surname, carried by 1,069 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kretschmer is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

From German Kretschmer, from Proto-Slavic *kъrčьmařь. Doublet of Krcmar.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,069 people named Kretschmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,036.

#23,691

rank among US surnames

1,069

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #23,037)

Who is named Kretschmer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Kretschmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kretzschmer
Kretschmar
Kretzschmar
Krcmar
Kreczmar

Surnames that sound like Kretschmer

Kretschmer has the Soundex code K632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K632.

Questions

Where does the surname Kretschmer come from?: From German Kretschmer, from Proto-Slavic *kъrčьmařь. Doublet of Krcmar.
How common is the surname Kretschmer?: 1,069 people in the United States had the surname Kretschmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kretschmer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kretschmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kretschmer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Kretschmer?: Kretzschmer, Kretschmar, Kretzschmar, Krcmar and Kreczmar.