Fretay Surname
Approximately 344 people bear this surname
Fretay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 318 | 1:208,876 | 32,465 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Frétay (1) are calculated separately.
Fretay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fretay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fretay occurs most in France. It can occur as a variant: Frétay. For other potential spellings of Fretay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fretay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fretay is the 811,192nd most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,184,726 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Fretay live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Fretay is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 318 people, or 1 in 208,876. In France Fretay is mostly found in: Brittany, where 59 percent live, Mayotte, where 10 percent live and Normandy, where 8 percent live. Not including France this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 6 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Fretay
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