Friels Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Friels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:2,499,717152,655
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Friels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Friels is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Friels.

How Common Is The Last Name Friels? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,181,191st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Friels are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Friels is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 2,499,717. In The United States Friels is most frequent in: Louisiana, where 38 percent live, Texas, where 35 percent live and Oklahoma, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Friels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Friels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Friels last name rose 853 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 467 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Friels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Friels last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Friels earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.64% less than the national average, earning $37,696 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frieles921/
Frels91499/
Frils914/
Freels832,766/
Frails83264/
Froels8353/
Frills839/
Frelsø835/
Freals834/
Frehls833/
Frells832/
Freils832/
Frelse830/
Freichels80151/
Frilles772,015/
Freiles77234/
Freyles77216/
Frailes7773/
Frelles7738/
Froehls773/
Froiles772/
Freules771/
Freeles770/
Freells770/
Fröls7374/
Frles732/
Frejoles71904/
Frijoles7152/
Freihals7126/
Frejales713/
Freilles711/
Friyoles711/
Frelsche710/
Froelsch710/
Fröhls6715/
Vroels677/
Frelch671/
Frølås671/
Vruels671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Friels
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