Friendship Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Friendship Surname Definition:

This Devonshire name is probably local, the termination being a corruption of hope.

Friendship Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1971:282,83321,968
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Wales121:257,87814,969
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1271:191,93215,501
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Friendship (47) may also be a first name.

Friendship Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This Devonshire name is probably local, the termination being a corruption of hope.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A Devonshire name. See Hope.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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Friendship Demographics

Average Friendship Salary in
England

£26,362

Per year
Rank:
48,325 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000411545
Rank: 20,774 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
97.72%
Sample size: 36 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Friendship Last Name Facts

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

Friendship is found most frequently in England. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Friendship.

How Common Is The Last Name Friendship? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,052,587th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Friendship reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 47 people.

It is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 282,833. In England it is most frequent in: Devon, where 57 percent live, Greater London, where 7 percent live and Northumberland, where 6 percent live. Excluding England this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent live and Wales, where 5 percent live.

Friendship Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Friendship has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 155 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Friendship Last Name Statistics demography

Friendship earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.19% less than the national average, earning $48,593 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Friendshi9515/
Frindship953/
Frendship952/
Friendships951/
Freindship900/
Frienchi780/
Friendzoy631/
Frienze594/
Frienzy590/
Frenchev5613/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Friendship
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