Kretschmar Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Kretschmar is usually a form of Kretschmer. Taken at its root, Kretschmar points to “Innkeeper”. Before spelling was fixed, Kretschmer was also written Kretschmar. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. You may also find the name written Kretzschmar and Kretzschmer.

About 376 people in the United States were recorded as Kretschmar in 2010, placing it 54,752 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

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