Friedman Surname

6,428th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87,832 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Friedman Surname Definition:

“Man of Peace” in German - translated from Hebrew “Salomon”.

Friedman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States63,1871:5,736667
Israel18,4651:4639
Canada1,7331:21,2612,923
South Africa1,1711:46,2665,903
Australia5111:52,8296,522
England4961:112,33511,566
France2191:303,30046,302
Brazil1631:1,313,33944,864
Belgium1611:71,40811,406
Argentina1591:268,82721,629
Germany1461:551,40745,588
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
Thailand1331:531,11591,871
Japan991:1,291,35622,719
Poland881:431,91844,930
Sweden741:133,0649,401
Netherlands701:241,24531,316
Ecuador671:237,4018,339
Hungary601:163,60514,496
Switzerland531:154,96114,619
Venezuela531:569,88810,391
Slovakia491:108,90720,583
Mexico471:2,640,98321,548
Panama381:102,9543,886
Chile381:463,59112,075
Czechia371:287,39137,121
French Polynesia371:7,5891,667
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Italy191:3,218,773100,309
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
Denmark171:332,04223,714
China141:97,665,8265,141
United States Virgin Islands141:7,8841,168
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Norway91:571,36544,190
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Finland71:785,24338,644
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Wales51:618,90625,852
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Swaziland41:324,550996
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Guam11:160,1214,893
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1371:177,92214,779
Scotland131:287,9409,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2141:41,3664,846

Friedman (384) may also be a first name.

Friedman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Man of Peace” in German - translated from Hebrew “Salomon”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Descendant of Friduman (peace or security, man); a Germanized form of the name Solomon (peaceful).

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

(from the name of a male ancestor) These names which have the idea of peace were patronyms for Shelomo (Solomon) or Shalom. There were many European countries in which it was forbidden to assume Hebrew names as family names. By selecting names like Fried or Friedman, which were perfectly good German words, the Jews could still preserve the meaning of Solomon and Shalom.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Friedman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Friedman (Arabic: فريدمان, Russian: Фриэдман) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Friedman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,428th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 82,971 people. The surname Friedman occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Friedman live; 74 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 442,333rd most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 384 people.

Friedman is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 63,187 people, or 1 in 5,736. In The United States Friedman is most numerous in: New York, where 25 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 94 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Friedman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Friedman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Friedman surname rose 5,205 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 362 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 8 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Friedman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Friedman last name are 41.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.24% being registered with the political party.

The amount Friedman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.54% more than the national average, earning 347,935 kr per year; in Peru they earn 311.78% more than the national average, earning S/. 79,823 per year; in South Africa they earn 135.78% more than the national average, earning R 560,292 per year; in Colombia they earn 41.01% more than the national average, earning $32,012,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 28.29% more than the national average, earning $55,357 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.1% more than the national average, earning $72,589 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Friedman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Friedman in the Russian language
Фриэдманfriedman-
Friedman in the Arabic language
فريدمانfrydman-
فريدمنfrydmn-

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Friedman Reference & Research

Friedman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Friedman 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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