Friedlander Surname
Approximately 6,744 people bear this surname
Friedlander Surname Definition:
From place name in Germany. Also in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.
Read More About This SurnameFriedlander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,742 | 1:76,436 | 8,751 |
| Israel | 852 | 1:10,044 | 1,538 |
| South Africa | 256 | 1:211,632 | 22,369 |
| England | 186 | 1:299,559 | 22,824 |
| Canada | 141 | 1:261,316 | 24,674 |
| New Zealand | 119 | 1:38,053 | 6,460 |
| Australia | 104 | 1:259,574 | 23,725 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Argentina | 57 | 1:749,884 | 50,572 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 42 | 1:580,366 | 29,847 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 226 | 1:222,207 | 18,866 |
The alternate forms: Friedländer (311) are calculated separately.
Friedlander (21) may also be a first name.
Friedlander Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From place name in Germany. Also in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.
(German) One who came from Friedland (peaceful country), the name of towns in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg, Germany.
User-submitted Reference
Friedlander: 'Free man, man from a free country.' Descriptive. German origins. Most common amongst Ashkenazi Jews. From 'frei' (adjective, German, 'free') or 'freies' and 'land,' (noun, German, 'land' or 'country'). Famous bearers include German Jewish communal leader David Friedländer (1750-1834).
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Friedlander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Friedlander Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Friedlander is most common in The United States. It can be found as a variant: Friedländer. For other possible spellings of Friedlander click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Friedlander? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 73,064th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,080,597 people. The surname Friedlander is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Friedlander live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. Friedlander is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,742 people, or 1 in 76,436. In The United States Friedlander is most prevalent in: New York, where 23 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Friedlander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Friedlander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Friedlander last name grew 2,098 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 443 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 1,900 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Friedlander Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Friedlander last name is principally Jewish (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Friedlander last name are 39.57% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.8% being registered with the political party.
The amount Friedlander earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.97% more than the national average, earning R 434,796 per year; in United States they earn 24.95% more than the national average, earning $53,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.4% more than the national average, earning $73,235 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friedländer | 97 | 311 | / |
| Friedlaender | 96 | 288 | / |
| Friedlandeer | 96 | 1 | / |
| Friedlasnder | 96 | 0 | / |
| Fridlander | 95 | 37 | / |
| Fredlander | 95 | 27 | / |
| Friedlande | 95 | 4 | / |
| Freedlander | 91 | 198 | / |
| Friedlender | 91 | 44 | / |
| Freidlander | 91 | 36 | / |
| Friedlandee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Friedlonder | 91 | 0 | / |
| Fridlender | 86 | 118 | / |
| Fredlender | 86 | 17 | / |
| Fredländer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fridländer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Freedlender | 82 | 7 | / |
| Freidlender | 82 | 1 | / |
| Friedländerová | 80 | 3 | / |
| Frydlender | 76 | 94 | / |
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Friedlander 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.
Friedlander 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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Footnotes
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