Frettsome Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Frettsome Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frettsome Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1281:435,29729,139
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Frettsome Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frettsome is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Frettsome.

How Common Is The Last Name Frettsome? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Frettsome are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in British Isles.

Frettsome is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 435,297. In England it is most numerous in: Leicestershire, where 37 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 20 percent are found and Derbyshire, where 9 percent are found. Not including England this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Frettsome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Frettsome has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Frettsome surname rose 853 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fretsome941/
Freshome823/
Fritzsome781/
Freedsom711/
Freecome710/
Frisom676/
Frecom671/
Fresham634/
Fricome631/
Frazeme631/
Frizeme631/
Frezume631/
Freecom631/
Friedsam59706/
Freasham590/
Fretcham590/
Freisham590/
Fredsham590/
Friedszám5644/
Friedszam561/
Frizom534/
Fritzam5011/
Fridsam501/
Frisami501/
Frezemy501/
Frisham500/

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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 Frettsome
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