Freires Surname

31,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Freires Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freires Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil16,0651:13,326722
Philippines3491:290,08141,635
Venezuela3301:91,5283,488
Argentina921:464,60234,717
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Freires Last Name Facts

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

Freires occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freires? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 31,566th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 431,088 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Freires are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname Freires is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 16,065 people, or 1 in 13,326. In Brazil Freires is mostly concentrated in: Ceará, where 31 percent live, São Paulo, where 16 percent live and Paraíba, where 7 percent live. Besides Brazil Freires occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and Venezuela, where 2 percent live.

Freires Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Freires are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Freires earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freitres931/
Freiries931/
Freire92263,787/
Freres921,853/
Frires9265/
Freyres8667/
Freirez8661/
Frieres8634/
Freiris8630/
Freures8618/
Fraires8613/
Freiere867/
Freirer865/
Frreire863/
Freired862/
Fretres862/
Freiree862/
Freiire861/
Freitre861/
Freirie861/
Frerese861/
Freiure861/
Freries861/
Freirey860/
Frerres860/
Frehres860/
Frere836,938/
Frire8334/
Fregiere8023/
Freirech804/
Freriehs801/
Frayeres801/
Froireus801/
Frrreire801/
Freiorer800/
Fraire7714,457/
Freyre777,483/
Freret771,272/
Freira77664/
Freris77416/
Frares77101/
Freure7788/
Frerer7781/
Friere7770/
Frères7770/
Fraere7751/
Freiri7751/
Freiry7743/
Frerie7726/
Friree7718/
Frerez7716/
Freere7714/
Frerre778/
Vreire777/
Fryres775/
Friore774/
Fretre772/
Fréres772/
Freiré772/
Frerje771/
Fryere771/
Frerey771/
Frgire771/
Freare770/
Freree770/
Frirey770/
Fritre770/
Freireich75291/
Frayres71961/
Frreira71250/
Frareus71123/
Freyrie7120/
Frairie7111/
Frierez717/
Fratres714/
Frerrer713/
Frairre713/
Frerihs713/
Frairez713/
Friorey713/
Frijare713/
Freerer712/
Fraiere712/
Freyrer712/
Frearer711/
Freiera711/
Fririos711/
V'Reire711/
Frairet711/
Freyrez711/
Freyrre711/
Frieris711/
Frairis711/
Froyres711/
Fruitre711/
Pfreira711/
Frerris710/
Fraries710/
Frare675,363/
Freri671,222/
Frère671,030/
Frery67679/
Frera67245/
Friry67167/
Frira67138/
Freirich67110/
Frére6719/
Fraresse6719/
Frejeris6710/
Friri678/
Frrreira678/
Fregieri678/
Frugiere678/
Fryre676/
Fruitree674/
Frirz673/
Ffrreira673/
Frerè672/
Freré672/
Freehrer671/
Fraisrer671/
Freyrehy671/
Frejaris671/
Frajeris671/
Frêre671/
Frettrer670/

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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 Freires
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