Friedland Surname

86,620th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Friedland Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Friedland (peaceful country), the name of towns in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg, Germany.

Friedland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9461:91,85510,330
Germany6081:132,41016,131
Israel5531:15,4752,318
South Africa2021:268,20626,747
Canada1191:309,62728,530
Australia521:519,14839,018
England201:2,785,90397,972
France181:3,690,151224,666
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:678,63144,191

Friedland (14) may also be a first name.

Friedland Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Friedland (peaceful country), the name of towns in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg, Germany.

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

(from a place name) From Friedland, in Upper Silesia, or from Markisch-Friedland, in Prussia. Another version is Friedländer, which in English becomes simply Freedland.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Friedland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Friedland occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Friedland.

How Common Is The Last Name Friedland? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 86,620th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,310,710 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Friedland reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Friedland is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 14 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 3,946 people, or 1 in 91,855. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 20 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Florida, where 13 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 11 percent live and Israel, where 10 percent live.

Friedland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Friedland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Friedland surname rose 5,332 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 133 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Friedland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Jewish (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Friedland last name are 42.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.29% being registered with the political party.

The amount Friedland earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 31.64% more than the national average, earning R 312,816 per year; in United States they earn 34.77% more than the national average, earning $58,152 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.23% more than the national average, earning $71,162 CAD per year.

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Friedland Reference & Research

Freeland FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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