Friday Surname
Approximately 175,414 people bear this surname
Friday Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. or personal; compare Saturday. Probably given in some such way as Robinson Crusoe's man Friday got his sobriquet. It is impossible now to know how this surname arose, whether or not because born on that day (compare Nowell, Pentecost, Christmas, &c).
Read More About This SurnameFriday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133,325 | 1:1,329 | 171 |
| Uganda | 16,491 | 1:2,367 | 383 |
| United States | 9,235 | 1:39,248 | 4,838 |
| Malawi | 5,333 | 1:3,210 | 412 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| England | 1,152 | 1:48,366 | 6,034 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Iran | 617 | 1:124,445 | 11,503 |
| Canada | 561 | 1:65,678 | 7,612 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Tanzania | 501 | 1:105,672 | 10,279 |
| Liberia | 471 | 1:9,360 | 1,051 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 326 | 1:4,184 | 685 |
| Australia | 286 | 1:94,391 | 10,761 |
| Zimbabwe | 247 | 1:62,503 | 9,418 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Kenya | 170 | 1:271,646 | 17,921 |
| South Africa | 161 | 1:336,507 | 31,327 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| Russia | 121 | 1:1,191,100 | 87,429 |
| Malaysia | 108 | 1:273,095 | 15,216 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 85 | 1:1,167 | 200 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56 | 1:2,012 | 390 |
| Guyana | 52 | 1:14,658 | 1,995 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Grenada | 18 | 1:6,030 | 654 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Abkhazia | 4 | 1:60,716 | 3,073 |
| Northern Cyprus | 4 | 1:79,753 | 8,764 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 490 | 1:49,746 | 6,083 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,654 | 1:30,362 | 3,669 |
Friday (453,689) may also be a first name.
Friday Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. or personal; compare Saturday. Probably given in some such way as Robinson Crusoe's man Friday got his sobriquet. It is impossible now to know how this surname arose, whether or not because born on that day (compare Nowell, Pentecost, Christmas, &c). At any rate it does not seem to be a corruption of something else, as in the case of the local Munday. The old Friday superstition may have something to do with it.
Simon Fridey, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Adam Friday, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Nicholas Friday, Bedfordshire ibid.
Ralph Friday, Close Rolls, 21 Edward III. pi.
Richard Friday, Close Rolls, 13 Henry IV.
1784. Married — Richard Wright and Hannah Friday: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) a pers.- and nick-name, prob. given to one born on the day [Old English fríg(e)dæg] We find the pers. name Frigedæg in an Anglo-Saxon land-charter.
From the day of the week; from some event which occurred to the original bearer on that day. So Munday, Christmas, Pentecost. This name is found in the H.R. in its modern orthography.
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Friday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Friday Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Friday is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Friday? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,208th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 41,545 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Friday reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,244th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 453,689 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 133,325 people, or 1 in 1,329. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 14 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent reside and Abia, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 109 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Friday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Friday has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Friday last name grew 558 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 235 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 300 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Friday Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (67%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Friday surname are 10.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.34% registered with the party.
The amount Friday earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.52% more than the national average, earning R 428,976 per year; in United States they earn 3.44% less than the national average, earning $41,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.96% less than the national average, earning $46,223 CAD per year.
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