Freres Surname

220,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,853 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Freres Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freres Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador5731:27,7593,523
Brazil3211:666,89824,627
United States3101:1,169,22283,615
Belgium2471:46,5457,557
Luxembourg2031:2,860354
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Chile491:359,5209,978
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
France91:7,380,302306,885
Algeria91:4,292,39548,087
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Frères (70), Fréres (2) & Frérès (3) are calculated separately.

Freres (57) may also be a first name.

Freres Last Name Facts

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

Freres is found in Ecuador more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Frères, Fréres or Frérès. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freres? popularity and diffusion

It is the 220,420th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,932,836 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Freres are found; 53 percent are found in South America and 31 percent are found in Andean South America. It is also the 1,308,380th most widespread forename globally, borne by 57 people.

Freres is most widespread in Ecuador, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 27,759. In Ecuador Freres is mostly concentrated in: Guayas Province, where 96 percent reside, Santa Elena Province, where 3 percent reside and Manabí Province, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Ecuador this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Freres Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Freres has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Freres surname expanded 4,429 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Freres Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Freres surname are 16.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.49% registered with the political party.

The amount Freres earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.94% more than the national average, earning $49,162 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.97% less than the national average, earning $49,201 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frères9470/
Fréres942/
Freires9216,905/
Freyres9267/
Frieres9234/
Freures9218/
Fretres922/
Frerese921/
Freries921/
Frerres920/
Frehres920/
Frere916,938/
Frérès893/
Freriehs861/
Freitres861/
Freiries861/
Freire83263,787/
Freyre837,483/
Freret831,272/
Freris83416/
Frares83101/
Freure8388/
Frores8386/
Frerer8381/
Friere8370/
Frires8365/
Frerie8326/
Frerez8316/
Freere8314/
Frerre838/
Fryres835/
Fretre832/
Frerje831/
Frrere831/
Frerey831/
Freare830/
Freree830/
Frayres77961/
Frareus77123/
Freirez7761/
Freiris7730/
Freyrie7720/
Fraires7713/
Frierez777/
Freirer775/
Frerrer773/
Frerihs773/
Freerer772/
Freired772/
Freyrer772/
Freiree772/
Frearer771/
Freitre771/
Freirie771/
Freyrez771/
Freyrre771/
Frieris771/
Froyres771/
Freirey770/
Frerris770/
Fraries770/
Freri731,222/
Frère731,030/
Frery73679/
Frera73245/
Frire7334/
Frére7319/
Fryre736/
Frerè732/
Freré732/
Frêre731/
Freirech714/
Freehrer711/
Freyrehy711/
Froireus711/
Frettrer710/
Fraire6714,457/
Frayre674,369/
Freira67664/
Frieri67652/
Friera67520/
Friery67447/
Freyra67443/
Freireich67291/
Frerix67250/
Freyri6773/
Freiri6751/
Freiry6743/
Freary6730/
Friree6718/
Frorez6714/
Fréret6713/
Freury6711/
Vreire677/
Freeri676/
Friore674/
Frerio674/
Freyry674/
Frysre672/
Freiré672/
Frerri672/
Frerra672/
Freery671/
Fryrer671/
Fraris671/
Frerry671/
Frarez671/
Frrera671/
Freroy671/
Frerit671/
Frerid671/
Frgire671/
Fryore670/
Fretry670/
Frajre670/
Frirey670/
Fritre670/

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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 Freres
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