Freytag Surname

63,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Freytag Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Freitag, the name sometimes given to one born on Friday.

Freytag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,9631:16,2212,134
United States1,5381:235,66922,625
France4801:138,38121,255
Austria3141:27,1194,294
Brazil1721:1,244,61842,789
Switzerland1011:81,3169,293
Denmark551:102,6319,658
Poland461:826,27764,341
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Russia341:4,238,913201,756
Australia311:870,82953,581
Sweden281:351,67024,678
England261:2,143,00282,017
Hungary221:446,19429,593
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
China31:455,773,85521,925
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belize21:177,7373,502
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

The alternate forms: Freytág (2) are calculated separately.

Freytag Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Freitag, the name sometimes given to one born on Friday.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Freytag Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freytag (Russian: Фрейтаг) is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be rendered as: Freytág. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freytag? popularity and diffusion

The surname Freytag is the 63,132nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 917,827 people. The last name Freytag occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Freytag are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 4,963 people, or 1 in 16,221. In Germany Freytag is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 9 percent live. Barring Germany it is found in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Freytag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Freytag has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Freytag last name increased 921 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Freytag Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Freytag last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Freytag surname are 18.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.68% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Freytag earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning 368,497 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning $43,847 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.7% less than the national average, earning $46,852 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Freytag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Freytag in the Russian language
Фрейтагfrejtag-

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