Freest Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Freest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Freest (4) may also be a first name.

Freest Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freest is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freest? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Freest is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Freest live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. Freest is also the 6,192,526th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 4 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Freest is most frequent in: New York, where 50 percent are found and South Carolina, where 50 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Sweden, where 25 percent are found.

Freest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Freest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Freest last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frees911,919/
Freet91828/
Frest9140/
Freese8320,832/
Freeth832,315/
Freist83358/
Friest83312/
Freesz83174/
Freesh8365/
Freess8340/
Freste8312/
Freeds834/
Freast832/
Freets831/
Frehes831/
Fresth831/
Froest831/
Freezt831/
Fresht830/
Freesd830/
Free8034,397/
Fret801,209/
Fres80573/
Friesth77154/
Freethe771/
Frestch771/
Fretsth770/
Froesth770/
Fraestt770/
Frouest770/
Freesch770/
Frost73126,163/
Fries7334,685/
Freed7317,371/
Freer7311,062/
Frese7310,100/
Fresh736,709/
Frete732,878/
Frett732,134/
Freas731,867/
Freis731,740/
Frece73494/
Frist73474/
Freus73473/
Frets73258/
Freys73256/
Frast73214/
Freds73212/
Fresz73107/
Friet73106/
Fress73104/
Freez7399/
Freit7398/
Fröst7369/
Fryst7358/
Freyt7344/
Frehs7315/
Fredt7310/
Freey734/
Freex734/
Freat733/
Freut732/
Frões732/
Freeß732/
Freht732/
Frejs732/
Freth731/
Freea731/
Freep731/
Fresj731/
Frezs731/
Frree731/
Frres731/
Frzee731/
Freße731/
Frret731/
Freej731/
Freee731/
Frhes730/
Pfree730/
Freae730/
Frejiste711/
Frestsch711/
Friess674,814/
Freise672,992/
Freije672,021/
Frette671,813/
Fresse671,460/
Friesz671,328/
Friedt671,315/
Fre671,287/
Freite67909/
Freche67879/
Fresch67774/
Freiss67566/
Frease67444/
Freysz67363/
Freyss67267/
Fretts67227/
Friehs67202/
Freece67197/
Freisz67170/
Freidt67148/
Frosst67139/
Freijs67121/
Freydt67106/
Fraust6798/
Froust6792/
Freher6786/
Freyte6770/
Freyth6767/
Freith6748/
Friett6744/
Freits6744/
Freyse6739/
Frosth6738/
Ffrost6734/
Fraszt6733/
Frecht6726/
Fretch6723/
Freath6722/
Fredsø6720/
Freshh6710/
Freihs6710/
Fröste6710/
Freitt679/
Frostå677/
Freace676/
Freyts675/
Friesh675/
Freads675/
Freish674/
Åfreds674/
Fredds673/
Freedd673/
Frasth673/
Freids673/
Fredås673/
Frejås673/
Frajst672/
Frists672/
Fredse672/
Freehe672/
Freice672/
Freudt672/
Froist672/
Friste672/
Frieht672/
Freedh672/
Frasht672/
Frzeeh672/
Freech671/
Freysh671/
Phreet671/
Freiht671/
Freuss671/
Frhesh671/
Frisht671/
Frostt671/
Fhreed671/
Fresce671/
Freiße671/
Friszt671/
D'Free671/
Freeyi671/
Freëse671/
Freash671/
Freddt671/
Fhreus671/
Frieth670/
Frrist670/
Freass670/
Fristh670/
Fretse670/
Freths670/
Freush670/
Freegy670/
Freats670/

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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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  • 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 Freest
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