Freer Surname
Approximately 11,062 people bear this surname
Freer Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the friar'; v. Fryer, one of a religious brotherhood.
Benedictus le Frere, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Frere, Norfolk, ibid.
Walter le Frere, Essex, Henry III— Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameFreer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,859 | 1:74,595 | 8,575 |
| England | 2,856 | 1:19,509 | 2,789 |
| Australia | 1,294 | 1:20,862 | 2,895 |
| Canada | 552 | 1:66,749 | 7,716 |
| Costa Rica | 288 | 1:16,597 | 646 |
| Germany | 266 | 1:302,652 | 30,961 |
| New Zealand | 187 | 1:24,216 | 4,232 |
| Scotland | 179 | 1:29,910 | 3,109 |
| South Africa | 148 | 1:366,066 | 33,202 |
| Mexico | 114 | 1:1,088,826 | 13,775 |
| Russia | 95 | 1:1,517,085 | 103,451 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:114,612 | 8,773 |
| Moldova | 18 | 1:197,854 | 18,761 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 | 1:153,753 | 8,250 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Falkland Islands | 10 | 1:313 | 59 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 40 | 1:110,747 | 6,785 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,542 | 1:15,808 | 2,334 |
| Scotland | 104 | 1:35,992 | 2,855 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:7,753 | 762 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,566 | 1:32,068 | 3,857 |
Freer (59) may also be a first name.
Freer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the friar'; v. Fryer, one of a religious brotherhood.
Benedictus le Frere, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Frere, Norfolk, ibid.
Walter le Frere, Essex, Henry III— Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Cecylia le Frere, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Margota Frere, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Isabella Frere, 1379: ibid.
Philip Fryer or Freear, 1519: Register of the University of Oxford.
1540. Married — Maynerd Frere and Margaret Tonsoune: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1558. Anthony Eton and Elizabeth Freer: Marriage Lic. (London).
1773. Married — James Jacob and Sarah Frear: St. George, Hanover Square.
= Frere, q.v.
“Friar” in Old French (Frear). From Frere, a brother.
A friar, a monk..
French, Frere, a friar, a monk, a brother.
From (French) frère, 'brother', was formerly common in Jurby.
Thomas Freer was incumbent of Whitwell, Rutlandshire, in the reign of Charles I. (Bl.). There were gentle families of the name in Great Wigston and Blaby, Leicestershire, daring last century. John Freer was rector of Knossington in the reign of Anne (N.). One of the name was mayor of Leicester about a century ago (T.). The name also occurs in Yorkshire. Since Leicestershire, Rutlandshire, and Yorkshire are all of them homes of both the Freers and the Fryers, the two names are probably different forms of the same name.
Freer Demographics
Average Freer Salary in
United States
$46,385 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Freer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Freer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Freer (Arabic: فرّير, Russian: Фреер) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Freer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 46,842nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 658,791 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Freer live; 47 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. Freer is also the 1,282,666th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 59 people.
Freer is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 4,859 people, or 1 in 74,595. In The United States Freer is most prevalent in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 59 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.
Freer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Freer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Freer surname rose 310 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 123 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Freer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (62%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Freer surname are 16.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Freer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.33% more than the national average, earning R 352,488 per year; in United States they earn 7.5% more than the national average, earning $46,385 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $51,642 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Freer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Freer in the Russian language | ||
| Фреер | freer | - |
| Freer in the Arabic language | ||
| فرّير | fryr | - |
| فرير | fryr | - |
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Footnotes
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