Friedlander Surname

73,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Friedlander Surname Definition:

From place name in Germany. Also in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.

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Friedlander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7421:76,4368,751
Israel8521:10,0441,538
South Africa2561:211,63222,369
England1861:299,55922,824
Canada1411:261,31624,674
New Zealand1191:38,0536,460
Australia1041:259,57423,725
France991:670,93786,003
Brazil621:3,452,81297,678
Argentina571:749,88450,572
Ireland191:247,8399,475
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
Scotland171:220,1897,953
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2261:222,20718,866

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.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(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

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).

- archeroftheeyes

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.

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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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