Fretin Surname

532,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fretin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fretin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4431:149,93823,230
Belgium751:153,28921,368
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fretin Last Name Facts

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

Fretin has its highest incidence in France. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fretin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 532,873rd most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 12,025,653 people. Fretin occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Fretin live; 56 percent live in South America and 46 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 149,938. In France it is most numerous in: French Guiana, where 63 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 14 percent live and Occitanie, where 6 percent live. Not including France it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 12 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.

Fretin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fretin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fretina9228/
Frettin922/
Freitin921/
Fretien921/
Freting920/
Frein911,343/
Fretn911/
Freiting861/
Fretting860/
Fresting860/
Freestin860/
Freind831,037/
Fertin83517/
Fratin83468/
Frotin83208/
Fresin8384/
Freine8369/
Freint8331/
Freing8310/
Firtin839/
Frecin832/
Fritin831/
Fretyn831/
Freten830/
Freisting802/
Frechin77892/
Frattin77560/
Freisen77460/
Firtion77155/
Fretten77114/
Fressin77106/
Fresing7791/
Firtina7779/
Fritina7739/
Frettim7715/
Freigne7715/
Fertina7714/
Frieten7711/
Frottin7711/
Fertuin7710/
Freindt779/
Ferting775/
Freinth774/
Freiten773/
Fresien772/
Fresten772/
Firting771/
Fertion771/
Freijne771/
Fristin771/
Frition771/
Pfreind770/
Freisin770/
Frain734,618/
Fruin731,290/
Frene73485/
Frean73402/
Froin73206/
Freyn73172/
Freim7377/
Frijn7362/
Frine7345/
Frhen7332/
Frhin737/
Freun734/
Frenh734/
Frotn732/
Frgen731/
Freising71109/
Freijsen71100/
Freyssin7111/
Freysing717/
Freissen713/
Freichen710/
Freesten710/
Fritting710/
Fresen67810/
Fraine67791/
Freyne67778/
Fresne67668/
Vertin67658/
Fırtın67434/
Frisen67256/
Fraind67243/
Frisén67166/
Fraint67115/
Freynd67104/
Freand6797/
Fregne6771/
Freant6764/
Fertyn6749/
Freene6746/
Ferten6740/
Frenhe6717/
Freijssen6716/
Virtin6716/
Froind6710/
Firten6710/
Fratyn6710/
Fraten679/
Fraing677/
Færgen677/
Freynt675/
Friten675/
Freane674/
Freynk674/
Fricin674/
Fresyn674/
Vreten673/
Frheen673/
Froten673/
Freenh673/
Freang672/
Froint672/
Fertinova671/
Freimt671/
Frenhc671/
Froine671/
Frzhin671/
Fertim671/
Førgen671/
Fresén671/
Friszting671/
Frißen671/
Freynn671/
Fresim671/
Vretyn671/
Frzenh671/
Fruinn670/
Froing670/
Ferttn670/
Freimd670/
Froimn670/
Freann670/
Fruind670/
Fruink670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fretin
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