Freudenberg Surname

75,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Freudenberg Surname Definition:

(German), Mount of joy. Freudenburg, Castle of joy.

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Freudenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,0971:15,7952,076
United States1,0691:339,06430,564
England501:1,114,36153,243
Australia371:729,61448,196
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Austria131:655,03358,041
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
France81:8,302,840321,660
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Freudenberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German), Mount of joy. Freudenburg, Castle of joy.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'joy mountain'.

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Freudenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freudenberg occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Freudenberg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freudenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 75,684th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,124,274 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Freudenberg reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 5,097 people, or 1 in 15,795. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 24 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Freudenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Freudenberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Freudenberg last name rose 1,572 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 5,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Freudenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Freudenberg are 3.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Freudenberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.54% less than the national average, earning R 117,528 per year; in United States they earn 4.91% more than the national average, earning $45,267 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.28% more than the national average, earning $55,286 CAD per year.

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