De-Fries Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

De-Fries Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Fries.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

De-Fries Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

De-Fries Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-Fries Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname De-Fries occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Fries? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of De-Fries live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England De-Fries is most common in: Cambridgeshire, where 33 percent reside, Kent, where 33 percent reside and Merseyside, where 25 percent reside. Excluding England it occurs in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
De-Fris932/
de Fries88429/
De-Vries8885/
De-Friez881/
de Friese8217/
de Friest8213/
de Friess824/
de Fris801/
de Friesse782/
de Frees7520/
de Friez7515/
de Froes7512/
de Frois756/
de Frise754/
de Frese752/
de Frais752/
de Frier751/
de Freys751/
Da-Fresh751/
de Fried751/
de Friis751/
de Freis750/
de Frice750/
di Fries750/
de Freese7161/
de Freias7134/
der Vries7117/
de Freits7117/
de Freest7116/
de Vriess712/
de Fresse711/
de Frisse711/
de Vriees711/
de Friece710/
de Freist710/
de Freise710/
de Vrie673/
De-Vrys671/
de Frez671/
de Fraisse671/
de Vres671/
de Vris671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to De-Fries
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