View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Friend Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Friend (Arabic: فريند) is most common in The United States. It may also appear as a variant: Fríënd. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Friend? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Friend is the 11,687^th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 151,622 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Friend are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Friend is also the 140,820^th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 2,704 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 24,871 people, or 1 in 14,574. In The United States Friend is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Ohio, where 7 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 142 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Friend Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Friend has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 659 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 274 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 220 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Friend Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Friend surname is predominantly Catholic (53%) in Ireland and Orthodox (58%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Friend surname are 16.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.8% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Friend earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 126.4% more than the national average, earning R 538,008 per year; in United States they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning $41,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $53,746 CAD per year.