Fredrick Surname

12,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Fredrick Surname Definition:

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

Fredrick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania23,0581:2,296301
United States8,2391:43,9935,390
Nigeria5,9931:29,5582,485
Kenya4,1091:11,2391,414
Malawi1,4641:11,6931,806
Ghana6931:38,9914,481
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
India2601:2,950,25188,919
Micronesia1671:636163
Indonesia1641:806,39861,285
Namibia1571:15,3472,791
Canada1501:245,63723,369
Australia1481:182,40318,373
England1161:480,32831,110
Malaysia1071:275,64715,325
Papua New Guinea971:84,05911,132
Liberia741:59,5755,232
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
United Arab Emirates491:186,98512,996
Solomon Islands451:12,8902,375
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Uganda331:1,183,00847,935
Guyana261:29,3163,211
Zambia241:660,41325,715
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Guam211:7,6251,143
Honduras201:440,8223,218
Nicaragua171:354,1823,204
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51:22,532985
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
China41:341,830,39216,990
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Malta11:430,2723,380
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominica11:75,891912
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
Wales201:78,4213,652
Scotland191:197,0117,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9301:17,1392,184

Fredrick (342,426) may also be a first name.

Fredrick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

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

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

Fredrick Last Name Facts

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

Fredrick (Hindi: फ्रेडरिक, Marathi: ेडीक, Oriya: େଫଡରିକ୍) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fredrick click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fredrick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 12,201st most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,294 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Fredrick live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Fredrick is also the 3,045th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 342,426 people.

It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 23,058 people, or 1 in 2,296. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 24 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 9 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 90 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Fredrick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fredrick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fredrick surname grew 281 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 79 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 71 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Fredrick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (29%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Fredrick last name are 15.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.36% registered with the political party.

The amount Fredrick earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning R 254,496 per year; in United States they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $41,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.8% less than the national average, earning $46,802 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fredrick Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fredrick in the Oriya language
େଫଡରିକ୍ephadarik-
Fredrick in the Marathi language
ेडीकedika-
Fredrick in the Hindi language
फ्रेडरिकphredarika50
फ्रैड्रिकphraidrika25
फ्रेड्रिकphredrika25

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