Freely Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Freely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3781:958,88671,403
England951:586,50635,379
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1181:37,5413,496
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:517,71836,097

Freely (431) may also be a first name.

Freely Last Name Facts

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

The surname Freely occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freely? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 585,898th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Freely are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Freely is also the 413,409th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 431 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 958,886. In The United States Freely is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and Mississippi, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.

Freely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Freely has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Freely surname grew 390 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 317 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Freely Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Freely last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Freely last name are 9.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.3% being registered to vote for the political party.

Freely earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.47% less than the national average, earning $33,024 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freeley92465/
Freetly92117/
Frely9157/
Freelley860/
Freethly860/
Friely83170/
Freele83128/
Frealy8373/
Freley838/
Freela837/
Freuly834/
Fruely834/
Freily832/
Froely832/
Freeli831/
Freliy831/
Frelyh831/
Fraely831/
Freyly830/
Froehly77698/
Freiley77215/
Frehley7751/
Froelhy7731/
Fresley7713/
Freeler7710/
Frealey773/
Frieley773/
Frawely772/
Fraelly772/
Freelis771/
Frethly771/
Fraleey771/
Freylay771/
Freeyle771/
Freetle770/
Freeles770/
Frielay770/
Frielly770/
Frehaly770/
Freelie770/
Freyley770/
Freyeli770/
Frela73175/
Frily73125/
Frele7323/
Freli7315/
Frély733/
Fryly730/
Freselle7125/
Fretelli7120/
Freselli7111/
Frecelle7111/
Freelich714/
Freasley711/
Freitley711/
Froehley711/
Freislly711/
Freathly710/
Freelish710/
Frielley710/
Fraley6715,319/
Freile673,910/
Freyle672,998/
Frelih671,155/
Friley67601/
Frelet67328/
Friele67279/
Frilay6769/
Fresle6762/
Freili6761/
Frauly6759/
Frehle6749/
Fresli6747/
Freuli6732/
Frelis6727/
Fraily6722/
Frelie6714/
Freles6711/
Frelia678/
Frelij674/
Freler673/
Friela673/
Fraele673/
Freliz672/
Fryley672/
Frelit671/
Friloy671/
Frelee671/
Frelei671/
Phreesley671/
Freyla671/
Frouly671/
Frelio671/
Frgily671/
Freula671/
Fraeli671/
Frayly670/
Fralee670/
Freale670/
Freule670/
Froele670/
Fruily670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Freely
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis