Friederick Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Friederick Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friederick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

Friederick (46) may also be a first name.

Friederick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Friederick is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Friederick? popularity and diffusion

The surname Friederick is the 1,185,157th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Friederick reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Friederick is also the 1,484,914th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 46 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 1,938,283. In The United States Friederick is most common in: Wisconsin, where 36 percent reside, Iowa, where 19 percent reside and Texas, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Friederick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Friederick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Friederick surname expanded 328 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Friederick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Friederick are 5.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.18% registered with the political party.

Friederick earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.08% less than the national average, earning $43,113 USD per year.

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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 Friederick
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