Family name Cretney (Cretney 
) , across the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Cretney is habitual in Isle of Man, where it is quite a common surname, New Zealand, where it is a rare surname, and Canada. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
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| Cretney | Canada, New Zealand, Australia, United States, United Kingdom |
| thomas grant cretney American politician, US (b. 1870) |
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| jonathan cretney English footballer (1879-1956), GB (b. 1879) |
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| stephen cretney legal scholar (b. 1936) |
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| david cretney Manx politician (born 1954), GB (b. 1954) |
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| ron cretney Manx politician |
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| raven cretney researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3444-2897) |
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| erika cretney researcher |
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| rosanna elizabeth cretney Ph.D. The Open University 2015 |
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