Freitag Surname
Approximately 45,815 people bear this surname
Freitag Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Freitag, the name sometimes given to one born on Friday.
Read More About This SurnameFreitag Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31,593 | 1:2,548 | 247 |
| United States | 6,604 | 1:54,885 | 6,547 |
| Brazil | 2,428 | 1:88,169 | 3,329 |
| Austria | 1,519 | 1:5,606 | 652 |
| Poland | 925 | 1:41,091 | 6,440 |
| Switzerland | 738 | 1:11,129 | 1,835 |
| Canada | 481 | 1:76,602 | 8,623 |
| South Africa | 310 | 1:174,767 | 19,310 |
| Australia | 145 | 1:186,177 | 18,652 |
| Norway | 140 | 1:36,731 | 5,190 |
| England | 123 | 1:452,992 | 29,924 |
| Argentina | 121 | 1:353,251 | 27,617 |
| Spain | 62 | 1:754,065 | 31,946 |
| Luxembourg | 58 | 1:10,009 | 1,703 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Netherlands | 57 | 1:296,266 | 35,624 |
| Paraguay | 55 | 1:131,577 | 2,835 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Czechia | 36 | 1:295,374 | 37,799 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Jamaica | 5 | 1:573,989 | 10,196 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 394 | 1:127,459 | 12,279 |
The alternate forms: Freitág (7) are calculated separately.
Freitag (15) may also be a first name.
Freitag Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Freitag, the name sometimes given to one born on Friday.
User-submitted Reference
Freitag, in German, means Friday. In Brazil it began to be used as a surname with the German immigration in the twentieth century.
- tamara.freitagFreitag Demographics
Average Male Freitag Height
178.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Freitag Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Freitag Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Freitag (Arabic: فريتاج) occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Freitág. Click here for further potential spellings of Freitag.
How Common Is The Last Name Freitag? popularity and diffusion
Freitag is the 12,264th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 159,065 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Freitag live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 31,593 people, or 1 in 2,548. In Germany Freitag is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent reside and Bavaria, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
Freitag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Freitag has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Freitag last name expanded 1,676 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 946 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Freitag Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Freitag are 13.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.38% being registered with the political party.
The amount Freitag earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.58% less than the national average, earning 295,613 kr per year; in Peru they earn 909.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 195,782 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.09% more than the national average, earning R 404,196 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.92% less than the national average, earning $21,584,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.26% more than the national average, earning $45,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.08% more than the national average, earning $52,703 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freitág | 95 | 7 | / |
| Freittag | 93 | 13 | / |
| Freitasg | 93 | 2 | / |
| Freiteag | 93 | 1 | / |
| Freitags | 93 | 1 | / |
| Freistag | 93 | 1 | / |
| Freithag | 93 | 1 | / |
| Fretag | 92 | 39 | / |
| Fritag | 92 | 17 | / |
| Freytag | 86 | 7,940 | / |
| Fraitag | 86 | 375 | / |
| Frietag | 86 | 33 | / |
| Freitak | 86 | 28 | / |
| Freetag | 86 | 10 | / |
| Freatag | 86 | 6 | / |
| Freitog | 86 | 2 | / |
| Freitac | 86 | 2 | / |
| Frettag | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fryetag | 86 | 1 | / |
| Frestag | 86 | 0 | / |
| Fristag | 86 | 0 | / |
| Freitagová | 82 | 38 | / |
| Freitagova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Freistág | 80 | 46 | / |
| Fretague | 80 | 11 | / |
| Freistak | 80 | 10 | / |
| Fraittag | 80 | 4 | / |
| Freytags | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fraitagk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Freitack | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fritog | 77 | 8 | / |
| Fritak | 77 | 7 | / |
| Frytag | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fritac | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fratag | 77 | 1 | / |
| Frjtag | 77 | 1 | / |
| Frischtag | 75 | 1 | / |
| Frajtag | 71 | 200 | / |
| Fraytag | 71 | 33 | / |
| Fraitagová | 71 | 16 | / |
| Freytak | 71 | 8 | / |
| Freitok | 71 | 8 | / |
| Fraitak | 71 | 7 | / |
| Fristak | 71 | 7 | / |
| Freytagová | 71 | 5 | / |
| Frithak | 71 | 4 | / |
| Freytág | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vreytag | 71 | 1 | / |
| Frojtag | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fraitog | 71 | 1 | / |
| Freetog | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fritack | 71 | 0 | / |
| Freytog | 71 | 0 | / |
| Freisták | 67 | 17 | / |
| Freetake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fraitakh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Freytack | 67 | 0 | / |
Freitag Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Freitag in the Arabic language | ||
| فريتاج | frytaj | - |
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