Fraefel Surname

608,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 509 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Fraefel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fraefel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland4751:17,2902,840
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fraefel Last Name Facts

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

Fraefel is found most in Switzerland. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fraefel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 608,234th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Fraefel reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Fraefel is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 475 people, or 1 in 17,290. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of St Gallen, where 48 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 18 percent are found and Canton of Thurgau, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Switzerland this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frefel92158/
Freifeld80667/
Fraifeld8066/
Frayfeld8048/
Frajfeld8036/
Freyfeld808/
Freifelt807/
Friefell801/
Frafil7761/
Fräfel7745/
Freisfeld75103/
Freifeldt7511/
Fraitfeld751/
Freitfeld751/
Freyffeldt713/
Frauchfeld711/
Freefill672/
Fruitfill501/

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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
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  • 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 Fraefel
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