Freour Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Freour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1851:359,04253,729
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Fréour (5) are calculated separately.

Freour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freour is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Fréour. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freour? popularity and diffusion

Freour is the 1,227,038th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Freour are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Freour is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 359,042. In France Freour is mostly concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 50 percent are found, Brittany, where 22 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent are found. Besides France Freour exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fréour945/
Freiour923/
Frehour921/
Freeour921/
Freor912/
Friour8313/
Fereur835/
Firour832/
Ferour831/
Fryour831/
Freijor771/
Fairour771/
Ferreur771/
Feroure771/
Freiure771/
Freuier770/
Frear731,759/
Firor73230/
Frior7364/
Fryor7329/
Feror734/
Firur731/
Fréor731/
Fryur731/
Ferur731/
Friur730/
Feraer67764/
Freear67623/
Fieror67233/
Ferier67170/
Frehar67122/
Ferror6739/
Fryear6719/
Fröier6714/
Firier6710/
Fereir675/
Frohar674/
Fereer673/
Firotr672/
Feroor671/
Ferorz671/
Frehár671/
Férier671/
Friear671/
Fyrear671/
Fearor671/
Frahor670/
Fraear670/
Ferurr670/
Fittrouer670/
Fyrier670/
Friyer670/
Firror670/
Fryier670/
Freshower670/
Fyryer670/

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Freour
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