Friedrich Surname

4,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128,450 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Friedrich Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Friedrich (peace, ruler).

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Friedrich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany99,1151:81254
United States8,7831:41,2685,067
Brazil6,4441:33,2211,398
Austria3,4451:2,472220
France2,1081:31,5103,834
Switzerland1,2971:6,332994
Poland1,2251:31,0284,741
Argentina8921:47,9194,044
Canada7861:46,8775,736
Dominican Republic6391:16,3271,146
Hungary5681:17,2821,941
Australia5301:50,9356,328
Czechia5061:21,0153,225
Israel2471:34,6464,838
England1871:297,95822,741
Netherlands1661:101,73016,487
Thailand1481:477,28683,618
Spain1381:338,78319,630
South Africa1321:410,43735,867
Denmark1301:43,4214,523
Sweden1191:82,7466,109
New Zealand901:50,3158,125
Uruguay871:39,4454,524
Luxembourg691:8,4141,323
Norway491:104,94514,093
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Italy411:1,491,62780,856
Malta361:11,952723
Paraguay331:219,2953,965
Greece261:426,14656,152
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Croatia241:176,19222,291
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
Chile211:838,88017,964
Slovenia191:130,93012,952
Venezuela191:1,589,68820,788
Scotland181:297,43413,849
China151:91,154,7714,767
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Finland111:499,70030,478
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Panama111:355,6607,645
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Romania81:2,509,73455,065
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Macau21:300,8151,009
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4781:105,06010,561

Friedrich (296,043) may also be a first name.

Friedrich Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Friedrich (peace, ruler).

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

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'peaceful ruler'.

- mcnugget

Friedrich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Friedrich (Arabic: فريدريش) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Friedrich.

How Common Is The Last Name Friedrich? popularity and diffusion

The surname Friedrich is the 4,387th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 56,734 people. The surname Friedrich occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Friedrich live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,555th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 296,043 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 99,115 people, or 1 in 812. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 14 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname exists in 99 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Friedrich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Friedrich has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Friedrich last name grew 1,837 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,740 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Friedrich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Friedrich surname are 13.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.44% being registered with the political party.

The amount Friedrich earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 21.45% less than the national average, earning €23,589 per year; in Norway they earn 28.4% more than the national average, earning 444,363 kr per year; in Peru they earn 34.33% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,039 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.73% more than the national average, earning R 374,820 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.72% less than the national average, earning $19,814,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $46,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.28% more than the national average, earning $54,293 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Friedrich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Friedrich in the Arabic language
فريدريشfrydrysh-

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