Last name: CRETE
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CRETE : This last name is indexed 75,678 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CRETE : French (Crête):: 1: nickname for an overproud man from Old French creste ‘crest (of a hill)’ (from Late Latin crista) used with reference to the comb of a rooster.2: habitational name from (La) Crête the name of several places in the northern part of France of the same etymology as 1 above.
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