Freeks Surname

388,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 913 people bear this surname

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

Freeks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freeks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9031:59,9977,569
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Freeks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freeks is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Freeks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Freeks is the 388,475th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,981,978 people. The surname Freeks is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Freeks live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Freeks is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 903 people, or 1 in 59,997. In South Africa Freeks is most common in: Western Cape, where 42 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 39 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Freeks exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Freeks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Freeks has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Freeks last name expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Freeks Last Name Statistics demography

Freeks earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.51% less than the national average, earning R 172,260 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freekse9276/
Freecks921/
Freks916/
Frecks83165/
Freaks8329/
Vreeks835/
Frieks833/
Freuks831/
Freakes7777/
Freicks771/
Freeccs771/
Friecks770/
Friks73185/
Fraks7312/
Freex734/
Froks732/
Frexe731/
Freaques710/
Fricks672,237/
Freixe6781/
Frocks675/
Frykås674/
Freakz672/
Frikse671/
Fracks671/
Frakcs671/
Fraaks671/
Freggs671/
Frecse671/
Fraiks670/

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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 Freeks
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