Frestan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nicaragua
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Frestan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frestan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Frestan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frestan occurs in Nicaragua more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Frestan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Frestan reside; 56 percent reside in Central America and 56 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name is most frequent in Nicaragua, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,204,218. In Nicaragua it is mostly found in: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 80 percent live and Carazo Department, where 20 percent live. Beside Nicaragua this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Hong Kong, where 11 percent live.

Frestan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frestan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Frestan last name declined 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frestain931/
Fretan921/
Frostan86435/
Freston86273/
Fretean861/
Freitan861/
Freeston80873/
Fredstam8017/
Fredston8011/
Frestone806/
Freitang801/
Freiston800/
Frieston800/
Freaston800/
Frestond800/
Freton77286/
Freestone755,819/
Freistein7566/
Freystein7519/
Freistone7511/
Friston71298/
Fretton71163/
Frătean71145/
Fretham7152/
Froston7120/
Fristam7118/
Fridshtand7112/
Freedstein715/
Frydshtand715/
Freeton714/
Fraston713/
Vrethan713/
Freyton711/
Fritgan710/
Frettam710/
Frastein679/
Frethein673/
Fröjstam671/
Fridstam671/
Freitone671/
Fridshtandt671/
Freetone671/
Fredstom671/
Fretoine670/

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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 Frestan
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