de Fries Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

de Fries Surname User-submission:

A Dutch surname that means: "The Frisian".

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
Denmark1621:34,8443,621
Germany731:1,102,81573,621
Australia451:599,90442,958
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
England241:2,321,58686,519
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Wales91:343,83718,086
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

de Fries Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Dutch surname that means: "The Frisian".

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de Fries Demographics

Average de Fries Salary in
United States

$87,725 USD

Per year
Rank:
39,734 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
1.02861E-5
Rank: 419,317 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
203.3%
Sample size: 10 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Fries Last Name Facts

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

de Fries is found in Denmark more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of de Fries click here.

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

The surname de Fries is the 689,921st most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of de Fries are found; 45 percent are found in Northern Europe and 38 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently used in Denmark, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 34,844. In Denmark de Fries is primarily concentrated in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 60 percent reside, Region Zealand, where 28 percent reside and Region of Southern Denmark, where 8 percent reside. Besides Denmark de Fries exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

de Fries Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Fries has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Fries last name increased 115 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Fries Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Fries earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 14.65% more than the national average, earning R 272,460 per year and in United States they earn 103.31% more than the national average, earning $87,725 USD per year.

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 Friese9417/
de Friest9413/
de Friess944/
de Fris931/
de Friesse892/
de Frees8820/
de Friez8815/
De-Fries8813/
de Froes8812/
de Frois886/
de Frise884/
de Frais882/
de Frese882/
de Friis881/
de Freys881/
de Frier881/
de Fried881/
de Freis880/
de Frice880/
di Fries880/
de Freese8261/
de Freias8234/
de Freits8217/
der Vries8217/
de Freest8216/
de Vriess822/
de Vriees821/
de Frisse821/
de Fresse821/
de Freist820/
de Friece820/
de Freise820/
de Vrie803/
De-Fris802/
de Vris801/
de Vres801/
de Frez801/
de Fraisse781/
De-Vries7585/
de Frece7538/
de Vrees7533/
de Freay7521/
De-Friez751/
de Frech751/
de Vriez750/
de Freece7114/
de Vrée676/
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