de Freitas Surname

1,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480,778 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

de Freitas Surname User-submission:

Freitas means 'roto', a name for one who lived on the broken earth.

de Freitas 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
Brazil451,0621:47561
Angola10,4511:2,582424
Venezuela4,5151:6,690760
France3,7691:17,6231,948
South Africa2,2901:23,6583,009
Portugal1,5571:6,691633
Trinidad and Tobago9041:1,509233
England8321:66,9697,761
Spain8291:56,3965,196
Guyana6451:1,182185
Uruguay5281:6,500720
Canada4581:80,4498,972
United States4491:807,25862,140
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2901:38882
Panama2791:14,0221,088
Australia2781:97,10711,018
Argentina1971:216,97217,873
Suriname1731:3,194558
Netherlands1281:131,93120,423
Jersey1151:86394
Switzerland1041:78,9709,101
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Belgium811:141,93420,189
Paraguay671:108,0112,466
Ecuador631:252,4748,502
New Zealand611:74,23510,965
Peru601:529,73514,532
Cape Verde471:11,269401
Sweden461:214,06014,843
Curaçao421:3,74485
Mozambique361:757,2661,613
Aruba321:3,234449
São Tomé and Príncipe301:5,914445
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Chile241:734,02016,565
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Grenada121:9,045775
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Norway101:514,22941,629
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Wales81:386,81619,671
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
British Virgin Islands61:5,266561
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
China51:273,464,31313,838
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Macau31:200,543803
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Freitas Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Freitas means 'roto', a name for one who lived on the broken earth.

- ranixon
DNA test information
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de Freitas Demographics

Average Male de Freitas Height

172.15 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 437 (2014)

Average Female de Freitas Height

159.41 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 27 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Freitas Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Freitas is found most in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 1,116th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 15,158 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of de Freitas live; 95 percent live in South America and 94 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 451,062 people, or 1 in 475. In Brazil de Freitas is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 22 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 17 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 82 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 2 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.

de Freitas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Freitas has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the de Freitas surname increased 27,733 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 44,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Freitas Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Freitas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 31.91% less than the national average, earning €20,448 per year; in Norway they earn 8.6% more than the national average, earning 375,832 kr per year; in Peru they earn 222.8% more than the national average, earning S/. 62,575 per year; in South Africa they earn 98.35% more than the national average, earning R 471,348 per year; in United States they earn 68.41% more than the national average, earning $72,667 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.24% more than the national average, earning $53,278 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Freita951,167/
de Fretas95113/
de Fritas9571/
de Freittas9511/
de Freitaas956/
de Freitass955/
de Freiitas954/
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de Ffreitas953/
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de Frreitas953/
der Freitas952/
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de Freiatas951/
de Freiitass911/
De-Freitas9086/
de Freytas9065/
da Freitas9058/
de Frietas9025/
de Fraitas9021/
di Freitas9017/
de Frettas9013/
de Fraetas907/
de Freitos906/
de Freitaz904/
de Frestas904/
de Fretais904/
de Freitaa903/
de Freitad901/
de Fruitas901/
de Freutas901/
de Freitax901/
de Freatas901/
de Frittas900/
de Freta892/
de Freiteis861/
da Freita846/
di Freita841/
de Fratas841/
Di-Freitas805/
de Frietos800/
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de Frito782/
da Fresta7413/
de Fratos741/
de Fratta741/
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