Frederick Surname

7,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,044 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Frederick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Frederick.' An extremely rare font-name in England in the 13th and 14th centuries. Both instances are on the East coast, closely connected with the Low Countries, which is significant.

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Frederick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States54,1961:6,688788
Tanzania5,0171:10,5521,364
Canada2,5151:14,6502,148
Chad1,6371:8,3031,149
Trinidad and Tobago1,5071:905134
Ghana1,4551:18,5712,344
Nigeria1,3111:135,1208,735
England1,1851:47,0195,912
Saint Lucia8141:22029
Grenada7511:14520
Namibia6501:3,707666
Haiti6411:16,6681,494
Australia5121:52,7266,511
Dominica4351:17437
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4091:27545
South Africa4001:135,44415,711
Malaysia3291:89,6486,259
Belgium3241:35,4835,784
Antigua and Barbuda2841:34949
DR Congo2461:300,32327,390
Cameroon2341:88,75710,694
France2271:292,61144,838
India2101:3,652,692102,297
Barbados1741:1,652332
Indonesia1581:837,02063,356
Cayman Islands1521:42067
Chile1501:117,4434,265
Panama1491:26,2571,604
Guyana1421:5,368942
Germany1311:614,54548,972
Honduras991:89,0551,606
United States Virgin Islands961:1,150179
Brazil951:2,253,41469,998
Liberia951:46,4064,181
Venezuela851:355,3427,661
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Singapore771:71,5292,869
Scotland731:73,3405,569
Wales721:42,9804,139
Jamaica711:40,4222,599
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Bahamas651:6,027567
Saint Kitts and Nevis621:890182
Iraq521:673,4939,953
Seychelles351:2,640506
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Uruguay311:110,70210,617
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Philippines271:3,749,564153,425
Nicaragua251:240,8442,724
Zimbabwe241:643,26047,966
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Ecuador151:1,060,39014,974
China101:136,732,1577,199
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Burundi91:1,089,428846
Mauritius91:143,7138,076
Qatar91:262,00030,726
British Virgin Islands81:3,949439
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Saint Martin81:4,394114
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Jersey71:14,1722,872
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Anguilla11:13,436792
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montserrat11:4,947471
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2001:121,87711,575
Wales501:31,3681,723
Scotland311:120,7495,564
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6591:7,541960

The alternate forms: Fréderick (14), Fredérick (2), Frédérick (153) & Frèdèrick (1) are calculated separately.

Frederick (553,845) may also be a first name.

Frederick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Frederick.' An extremely rare font-name in England in the 13th and 14th centuries. Both instances are on the East coast, closely connected with the Low Countries, which is significant.

Fretheric Swym, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Fretheryk, Suffolk, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) Peace-Ruler [Old Teutonic Fridrik, Fridrich (mod. Ger. Friedrich)-O.H.Ger. fridu = Old Saxon friðu = Old English friðu = Old Norse frið-r (found in Gothic only in the name under discussion, Friþareik-s), peace+O.Teut. *rík-, a ruler, preserved in Goth, reik-s and Old English rica, a ruler]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) Descendant of Frederick (peace, ruler).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The personal name. Frederic was a tenant in Kent prior to the making of Domesday.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(German.) Rich peace, or peaceable reign.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Frederick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frederick (Arabic: فريدرك, Hindi: फ्रेडिक, Oriya: େଫେଡରିକ) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant: Fréderick, Fredérick, Frédérick or Frèdèrick. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Frederick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,273rd most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 93,377 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Frederick are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,798th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 553,845 people.

The last name Frederick is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 54,196 people, or 1 in 6,688. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 7 percent are found, California, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 134 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Frederick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Frederick has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 814 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 593 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 235 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Frederick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Frederick surname is chiefly Catholic (40%) in Ireland and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Frederick surname are 12.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.62% being registered with the political party.

The amount Frederick earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.59% more than the national average, earning R 329,352 per year; in United States they earn 0.05% less than the national average, earning $43,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.79% less than the national average, earning $48,794 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Frederick Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Frederick in the Hindi language
फ्रेडिकphredika-
Frederick in the Oriya language
େଫେଡରିକephedarika50
େଫଡିକephadika50
Frederick in the Arabic language
فريدركfrydrk-
فردريكfrdryk-
فريدريكfrydryk-

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