Friaes Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Friaes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friaes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Friaes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Friaes is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Friaes? popularity and diffusion

Friaes is the 2,106,139th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. Friaes is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Friaes live; 48 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most common in Portugal, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Other than Portugal Friaes occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 43 percent are found and Mozambique, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Friais834/
Frioes833/
Vriaes831/
Friaieh771/
Frioe7347/
Fryae730/
Freae730/
Friaisse7170/
Freais677/
Frioay671/
Freoes671/
Friois671/
Freahey620/
Frieheit572/
Frioi554/
Freoe551/
Freoua5023/
Freaih502/
Fréoua501/
Freoui501/
Freoai501/
Frehee500/

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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
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  • 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 Friaes
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