Frechette Surname

41,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Frechette Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frechette Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada7,5691:4,868694
United States4,7971:75,5608,653
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
England191:2,932,529101,561
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
France141:4,744,480251,814
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1301:386,29828,876

The alternate forms: Fréchette (402) & Frèchette (1) are calculated separately.

Frechette (39) may also be a first name.

Frechette Last Name Facts

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

The surname Frechette is found in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Fréchette or Frèchette. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Frechette? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 41,849th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 584,359 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Frechette live; 97 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Gallo-North America. Frechette is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 39 people.

Frechette is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 7,569 people, or 1 in 4,868. In Canada Frechette is most numerous in: Quebec, where 88 percent live, Ontario, where 5 percent live and Manitoba, where 3 percent live. Outside of Canada this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent live.

Frechette Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Frechette has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,690 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Frechette Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Frechette surname are 3.57% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.8% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Frechette earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning $44,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.71% less than the national average, earning $42,377 CAD per year.

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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 Frechette
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