de Friend Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

de Friend Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Friend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:844,21344,691
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

de Friend Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Friend has its highest incidence in England. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 2,121,169th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname de Friend occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of de Friend reside; 84 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 844,213. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 50 percent are found, Essex, where 20 percent are found and Hertfordshire, where 18 percent are found. Apart from England it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Switzerland, where 4 percent are found.

de Friend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Friend has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the de Friend last name increased 1,650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Friend Last Name Statistics demography

de Friend earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.08% less than the national average, earning R 137,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Friendt9517/
de Frend948/
de Frien940/
de Vriend89422/
De-Friend897/
de Vriendt842,071/
de Friesen841/
de Freindt841/
de Vrind82223/
de Frejn822/
de Vrindt7863/
de Vrient7847/
De-Vriend781/
De-Vriendt741/

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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 Friend
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