Freiberg Surname

61,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Freiberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freiberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,6361:22,1412,936
United States2,4141:150,14915,452
Australia3921:68,8678,182
Israel2781:30,7834,369
Poland2121:179,28724,589
Argentina2111:202,57516,775
Brazil2101:1,019,40235,992
Czechia1651:64,44510,799
Estonia1571:8,4191,129
Denmark1461:38,6624,038
Canada741:497,91342,460
Austria491:173,78422,520
France331:2,012,810168,616
Latvia331:62,1239,312
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Serbia181:396,94217,613
England171:3,277,533109,658
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Finland121:458,05828,977
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Norway81:642,78647,258
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1471:341,62426,307

Freiberg (10) may also be a first name.

Freiberg Last Name Facts

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

Freiberg (Russian: Фреиберг) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Freiberg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freiberg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 61,635th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 893,410 people. The surname Freiberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Freiberg live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename globally, held by 10 people.

It is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 3,636 people, or 1 in 22,141. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live and Berlin, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Freiberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Freiberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Freiberg surname increased 1,642 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Freiberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Freiberg last name are 35.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.76% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Freiberg earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 15.58% less than the national average, earning 292,177 kr per year; in Peru they earn 34.65% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,668 per year; in United States they earn 9.07% more than the national average, earning $47,064 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.31% more than the national average, earning $56,297 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Freiberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Freiberg in the Russian language
Фреибергfreiberg-

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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
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