Freire Surname

2,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263,787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Freire Surname Definition:

Of unknown geographic origin. Name of village near Mondonedo. Derived from latin "frigere" - to fry, to cook by frying.

Galician name united to Andrade family since remote times.

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Freire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil178,6781:1,198143
Ecuador25,3201:62889
Portugal12,3701:842144
Spain12,0891:3,867474
Angola9,0711:2,975468
Mozambique6,7981:4,010928
Argentina4,0801:10,476991
Chile3,3521:5,256648
United States3,0221:119,94012,843
Cape Verde1,7011:31163
Uruguay1,5911:2,157257
Cuba1,0451:11,027915
Venezuela8511:35,4922,034
France8511:78,05310,974
Colombia4891:97,6973,579
Canada4141:88,9999,813
Peru3511:90,5536,027
Mexico2131:582,7529,793
Israel1721:49,7546,556
England1611:346,07525,095
Panama1271:30,8051,786
Australia1241:217,70720,896
Switzerland1211:67,8758,194
South Africa931:582,55644,854
Belgium861:133,68219,279
Paraguay771:93,9842,236
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Germany581:1,388,02586,120
São Tomé and Príncipe491:3,621328
Italy461:1,329,49377,702
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Ireland301:156,9657,012
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Puerto Rico211:169,0542,039
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Andorra191:4,413868
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Guatemala121:1,340,2225,550
China101:136,732,1577,199
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Norway91:571,36544,190
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
New Zealand41:1,132,08147,619
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Wales41:773,63329,106
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Belize11:355,4743,977
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mali11:16,969,0354,067

The alternate forms: Freiré (2) are calculated separately.

Freire (234) may also be a first name.

Freire Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Of unknown geographic origin. Name of village near Mondonedo. Derived from latin "frigere" - to fry, to cook by frying.

Galician name united to Andrade family since remote times.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Freire or Freyre is a surname of religious origin. It comes from the word freire, meaning 'knight' of 'military order', who has some of the religious vows and resides in a convent, which in turn comes from French frére (brother).

- blanchexxa

Originally from the latin 'frater' meaning 'brother', later becoming 'frade' in Portuguese, meaning 'friar'.

- superfrade

Freire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Freire (Russian: Фреире) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Freiré. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Freire? popularity and diffusion

The surname Freire is the 2,078th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 27,627 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Freire are found; 81 percent are found in South America and 68 percent are found in Luso-South America. Freire is also the 585,759th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 234 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 178,678 people, or 1 in 1,198. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 17 percent reside, Ceará, where 11 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this surname occurs in 78 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 10 percent reside and Portugal, where 5 percent reside.

Freire Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Freire surname are 3.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.91% being registered with the party.

The amount Freire earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 74.32% less than the national average, earning €7,712 per year; in Peru they earn 278.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 73,451 per year; in South Africa they earn 128.75% more than the national average, earning R 543,600 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.61% less than the national average, earning $21,429,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.92% less than the national average, earning $42,752 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.52% more than the national average, earning $49,942 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freiré942/
Freires9216,905/
Freirez9261/
Freiere927/
Freirer925/
Frreire923/
Freired922/
Freiree922/
Freiire921/
Freitre921/
Freirie921/
Freiure921/
Freirey920/
Frere916,938/
Freir91142/
Frire9134/
Fregiere8623/
Freirech864/
Freitres861/
Frrreire861/
Freiorer860/
Fraire8314,457/
Freier837,948/
Freyre837,483/
Freres831,853/
Freret831,272/
Freira83664/
Freure8388/
Frerer8381/
Friere8370/
Frires8365/
Fraere8351/
Freiri8351/
Freiry8343/
Frerie8326/
Friree8318/
Frerez8316/
Freere8314/
Frerre838/
Vreire837/
Friore834/
Freirt833/
Fretre832/
Frerje831/
Fryere831/
Frerey831/
Frgire831/
Freare830/
Freree830/
Frirey830/
Fritre830/
Freireich80291/
Frer80114/
Frir809/
Freiert77310/
Frreira77250/
Freyres7767/
Freiris7730/
Freyrie7720/
Freiher7719/
Freures7718/
Fraires7713/
Frairie7711/
Frerrer773/
Frieier773/
Frairre773/
Frairez773/
Friorey773/
Freiour773/
Frijare773/
Freerer772/
Fraiere772/
Fretres772/
Freyrer772/
Frearer771/
Freiera771/
V'Reire771/
Frairet771/
Freyrez771/
Freyrre771/
Frejier771/
Fruitre771/
Pfreira771/
Frerres770/
Frehres770/
Freuier770/
Fryer7325,466/
Freer7311,062/
Frare735,363/
Frier733,312/
Frear731,759/
Freri731,222/
Frère731,030/
Frery73679/
Frair73635/
Fraer73545/
Frera73245/
Friry73167/
Frira73138/
Frehr73103/
Frior7364/
Freyr7349/
Fræer7345/
Frihr7327/
Frére7319/
Froer7314/
Fruer7311/
Friri738/
Fryre736/
Frrer736/
Frerd734/
Freur734/
Frirz733/
Frerr732/
Frerè732/
Freré732/
Frird731/
Frirt731/
Vreir731/
Frger731/
Frêre731/
Friër731/
Frert731/
Frerh730/
Frzer730/
Freiherr71503/
Freihart71197/
Freirich71110/
Frrreira718/
Fregieri718/
Frugiere718/
Fruitree714/
Ffrreira713/
Freihert712/
Freehrer711/
Fraisrer711/
Freyrehy711/
Frayeres711/
Frettrer710/
Freyer678,903/
Frayre674,369/
Frayer671,710/
Frieri67652/
Freear67623/
Friera67520/
Frajer67466/
Friery67447/
Freyra67443/
Freris67416/
Freard67326/
Freuer67293/
Frarey67180/
Frehar67122/
Frares67101/
Fryery6798/
Frejer6791/
Freher6786/
Fräger6777/
Freyri6773/
Frauer6770/
Frères6770/
Fraier6768/
Froyer6742/
Freihardt6731/
Freary6730/
Freart6728/
Fraira6726/
Frarer6716/
Freierová6716/
Fraeri6714/
Fréret6713/
Fryjer6713/
Fratre6711/
Friori6711/
Freury6711/
Frzier6710/
Frejar679/
Frarre679/
Freeri676/
Fryres675/
Freierich675/
Frower674/
Froehr674/
Frerio674/
Freyry674/
Frairy673/
Freyar673/
Fraiar673/
Freyrd673/
Freura673/
Fraure672/
Frysre672/
Frawer672/
Fraret672/
Fréres672/
Fréger672/
Frerri672/
Frerra672/
Freery671/
Fretrz671/
Friear671/
Fraair671/
Frrere671/
Fryrer671/
Frerry671/
Frarez671/
Froier671/
Fërrer671/
Frrera671/
Freroy671/
Frerit671/
Friray671/
Frairt671/
Frehár671/
Froure671/
Frerid671/
Friory670/
Fryier670/
Fritry670/
Friyer670/
Fryore670/
Fretry670/
Fraisr670/
Frajre670/
Frrrer670/
Fruyer670/
Frigierre670/
Fraree670/
Vreier670/
Fruiry670/

Freire Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Freire in the Russian language
Фреиреfreire-

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