Fraetas Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fraetas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fraetas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Fraetas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fraetas is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fraetas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Fraetas is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Fraetas are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa Fraetas is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 50 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent are found and Gauteng, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Fraetas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fraetas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fraetas last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fraetas Last Name Statistics demography

Fraetas earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning R 254,940 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fretas92173/
Fratas928/
Freitas86552,063/
Freytas86223/
Frietas86213/
Fraitas8692/
Frretas8616/
Frattas8610/
Frettas868/
Freatas862/
Freïtas862/
Freutas861/
Fraheta861/
Fratash861/
Freetas860/
Freittas8041/
Freistas8016/
Freiitas8014/
Freitass8011/
Freitaas808/
Ffreitas807/
Hfreitas807/
Freithas804/
Freitais804/
Freitasd803/
Frreitas803/
Freietas801/
Freiytas801/
Vfreitas801/
Freitast801/
Freiteas801/
Frheitas801/
Freitads801/
Freiatas801/
Freiotas801/
Frotas7773/
Vretas7724/
Fratos7719/
Fretos771/
Frataz770/
D'Freitas754/
Frreistas751/
D'Frietas751/
Freitaz7114/
Freytos7112/
Fraitaz719/
Froitas713/
Vreteas712/
Fruitas712/
Frahita711/
Freitos711/
Fraitos711/
Fraetey710/
Froestad67101/
Phraetat6750/
Vretteas6712/
Fraustos672/

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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 Fraetas
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