del Frate Surname

176,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

del Frate Surname User-submission:

It is a patronymic surname, which comes from del, meaning 'son of' and frate, meaning 'brother', understood above all in the Christian sense of a fraternal friend.

The surname Del Frate has various strains: one in Milan, one in Friuli, especially in Udine, one in Parma, Massa and Lucca, one in Perugia and one in Rome.

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del Frate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2,0001:30,5785,465
France1331:499,41969,818
Argentina1001:427,43432,472
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Australia281:964,13257,058
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
England61:9,286,343223,652
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

del Frate Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a patronymic surname, which comes from del, meaning 'son of' and frate, meaning 'brother', understood above all in the Christian sense of a fraternal friend.

The surname Del Frate has various strains: one in Milan, one in Friuli, especially in Udine, one in Parma, Massa and Lucca, one in Perugia and one in Rome.

Del Frati and Delfrati, practically unique, should be due to a transcription error of the previous one.

Delfrate, very rare, is specific to Pavia.

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del Frate Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name del Frate Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name del Frate occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name del Frate? popularity and diffusion

The surname del Frate is the 176,876th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,012,627 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of del Frate are found; 83 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 2,000 people, or 1 in 30,578. In Italy del Frate is primarily concentrated in: Lazio, where 33 percent reside, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 30 percent reside and Tuscany, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Italy del Frate exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

del Frate Last Name Statistics demography

The amount del Frate earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 0.49% less than the national average, earning €29,882 per year; in South Africa they earn 25.49% more than the national average, earning R 298,212 per year and in Canada they earn 11.49% more than the national average, earning $55,393 CAD per year.

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