Frettingham Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Brunei

Frettingham Surname Definition:

FROTHINGHAM: Local. A house or village situated near a strait or arm of the sea. Frithingham, the house or village among the hawthorns; frith, Cornish British, a hawthorn, white thorn. Frith, Gaelic, a forest, a place of deer.

Frettingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:705,29239,851
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England611:399,59624,084
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Frettingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

FROTHINGHAM: Local. A house or village situated near a strait or arm of the sea. Frithingham, the house or village among the hawthorns; frith, Cornish British, a hawthorn, white thorn. Frith, Gaelic, a forest, a place of deer.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Frettingham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frettingham is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Frettingham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Frettingham live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 705,292. In England it is most numerous in: Nottinghamshire, where 42 percent reside, Derbyshire, where 27 percent reside and Hampshire, where 18 percent reside. Barring England it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Frettingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Frettingham has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Frettingham last name expanded 130 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Frettingham Last Name Statistics demography

Frettingham earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year.

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