Frethey Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Frethey Surname Definition:

From Trethewey in Ruan Lanihorne, or Trethewy in Lanivet, or Trethevy in South Petherwin. Pryce renders Trethewy, the town by the water, or the holy town by the water. (deu, God; thaur, a river, brook; gy, vy, wy, water, river, brook). These names may also be from tre-thew-y, the dwelling by the dark water: or from tre-Dewy, the town of David.

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Frethey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England81:6,964,757184,742
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Frethey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Trethewey in Ruan Lanihorne, or Trethewy in Lanivet, or Trethevy in South Petherwin. Pryce renders Trethewy, the town by the water, or the holy town by the water. (deu, God; thaur, a river, brook; gy, vy, wy, water, river, brook). These names may also be from tre-thew-y, the dwelling by the dark water: or from tre-Dewy, the town of David. Hence the name Trewethy, and, by further corruption, Freathy, Freethy, Frethey.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Freathy, a farm in St. John's parish in the hundred of East, was probably the original home of the family of Freethy (G.) Thomas Frethy, of Perranuthoe, emigrated to St. Christophers in the West Indies in 1633 (Hotten's "American Emigrants"). James Freethy was a member of the corporation of Marazion in 1768.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Frethey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frethey occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Frethey? popularity and diffusion

The surname Frethey is the 1,994,173rd most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Frethey is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Frethey are found; 88 percent are found in Australasia and 88 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most frequently used in New Zealand, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 71,878. In New Zealand Frethey is mostly concentrated in: Waikato Region, where 21 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 19 percent are found and Wellington Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account New Zealand it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 16 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Frethey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frethey has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 72 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Frethey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freethey9327/
Freathey931/
Fretey9242/
Frethy9217/
Freethy86298/
Freathy86184/
Freithe8614/
Freythe863/
Freethe861/
Fresthy861/
Frether861/
Fraetey860/
Freitey860/
Frete832,878/
Frety83285/
Freyther8073/
Fretheia801/
Freither801/
Fretes7723,186/
Fretez772,291/
Frette771,813/
Freter771,174/
Freite77909/
Fretay77344/
Fretty77326/
Fertey77145/
Frotey77127/
Freyte7770/
Fretet7724/
Freste7712/
Friete776/
Fretha773/
Friety773/
Freety772/
Frothy771/
Freute771/
Fretee771/
Freity771/
Frathy771/
Ferthe771/
Firthy771/
Fretah771/
Fretih771/
Fritey770/
Fratey770/
Firthe770/
Fretie770/
Frithy770/
Fretge770/
Freites7117,674/
Freitez7112,750/
Freytes712,757/
Fretter71680/
Freytez71663/
Freiter71364/
Frettes71215/
Freytet71139/
Feurtey71122/
Freitte71101/
Feherty7170/
Ferthet7156/
Freyter7146/
Freitet7111/
Frester718/
Fretich717/
Freytte716/
Frestes715/
Frettez714/
Frestet713/
Freitah713/
Fredtte711/
Freetoe711/
Freitay711/
Frestha711/
Fristey711/
Verthey711/
Frettie711/
Freutei711/
Frested711/
Fretouy711/
Freited711/
Fröther711/
Firther710/
Frietay710/
Friette710/
Ferther710/
Frithes710/
Freytay710/
Feirety710/
Freeter710/
Froythe710/
Freitea710/
Frithie710/
Freti67552/
Froty67490/
Frechter6770/
Freta6763/
Ferty6747/
Frestedt6745/
Freitter6731/
Freté6712/
Freister6711/
Fhrestha678/
Freytter677/
Freitich676/
Freittes676/
Frehesti675/
Frity675/
Freithas674/
Firty671/
Freestep671/
Freistet671/
Freiteas671/
Friztahy671/
Virtheya671/
Freyhtte671/
Freysted671/
Frejster671/
Freistes671/
Freitech671/
Freitees671/
Freittez671/
Freyteer671/
Freyttez671/
Fertheus671/
Freyster671/
Pfrestes671/
Freaster670/
Freshter670/
Freester670/
Pfrester670/

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