de Free Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Free Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Free Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
England41:13,929,515290,718
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

de Free Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Free Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Free occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Free? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Free is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name de Free occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of de Free are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

de Free is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,231,311. In South Africa de Free is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 75 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

de Free Last Name Statistics demography

de Free earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.46% less than the national average, earning R 162,888 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Frees9320/
de Freye930/
de Fre92107/
de Freest8816/
de Vree861,403/
de Frey8666/
de Froe8652/
de Frei863/
de Frez861/
de Fred861/
de Fraye806/
de Freys801/
de Freij801/
de Frech801/
de Freit801/
de Freis800/
da Fre77485/
de Fré77185/
de Vre77168/
de Fry7756/
de Fra771/
de Freias7534/
de Freits7517/
de Freist750/
de Froy7158/
de Vrey7148/
de Vrie713/
de Frio712/
de Fray711/
de Frid711/
de Fris711/
de Vrea711/
de Frau711/
de Fraia67450/
de Fruyt67109/
de Vreij6735/
de Fraja6716/
de Frois676/
de Frais672/
de Vroye671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Free
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