Friesling Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

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

Friesling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friesling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa741:732,13151,520
England11:55,718,059489,080

Friesling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Friesling occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Friesling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Friesling? popularity and diffusion

Friesling is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Friesling is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Friesling reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 732,131. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 58 percent are found, North West, where 41 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent are found. Barring South Africa Friesling occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found.

Friesling Last Name Statistics demography

Friesling earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.07% more than the national average, earning R 399,408 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frieling943,517/
Fresling9414/
Frisling941/
Friehling8948/
Frishling8945/
Freisling8927/
Friedslin890/
Frielling890/
Frischling84214/
Freissling8423/
Friechling843/
Frielink82466/
Frijling82207/
Frielinck7844/
Freißling7828/
Frijlingh7812/
Vriehling783/
Frishlimg781/
Frechling780/
Frejlin752/
Frijlink71526/
Friellen710/
Frijlinck671/
Vrijelinck631/
Vrielnck591/
Vrielynck56509/

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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
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  • 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 Friesling
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