Friesland Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Friesland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friesland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2441:1,485,487101,350
South Africa1361:398,36535,171
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Friesland Last Name Facts

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

The last name Friesland occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Friesland? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 668,257th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 16,266,844 people. The last name Friesland is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Friesland reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 1,485,487. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 20 percent live, North Carolina, where 20 percent live and Ohio, where 13 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 30 percent live and The Netherlands, where 9 percent live.

Friesland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Friesland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Friesland last name expanded 1,061 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Friesland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Friesland surname are 43.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 90.74% registered with the party.

The amount Friesland earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 62.08% less than the national average, earning R 90,120 per year and in United States they earn 19.88% less than the national average, earning $34,569 USD per year.

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Friesland Reference & Research

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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 Friesland
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