Friess Surname

98,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Friess Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.

Friess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7011:213,08620,798
France1,3091:50,7436,635
Germany8771:91,79611,515
Canada2241:164,48916,566
Austria1991:42,7916,859
Brazil1381:1,551,26351,554
Switzerland1011:81,3169,293
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Czechia571:186,55227,470
England411:1,358,97760,528
Hungary161:613,51735,830
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1521:330,38625,648

Friess Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Friess Last Name Facts

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

Friess is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Friess.

How Common Is The Last Name Friess? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 98,479th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,513,823 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Friess live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Friess is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,701 people, or 1 in 213,086. In The United States Friess is primarily found in: Kansas, where 10 percent reside, Ohio, where 10 percent reside and Michigan, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also common in France, where 27 percent reside and Germany, where 18 percent reside.

Friess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Friess has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,119 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Friess Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Friess last name are 14.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.08% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Friess earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 18.63% less than the national average, earning 281,609 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.3% more than the national average, earning R 288,264 per year; in United States they earn 14.44% more than the national average, earning $49,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.67% less than the national average, earning $49,352 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Friesse9222/
Fries9134,685/
Friss91795/
Fress91104/
Friese8314,133/
Fresse831,460/
Friesz831,328/
Frisse83572/
Freiss83566/
Friest83312/
Freyss83267/
Fraiss83215/
Friehs83202/
Froess83164/
Fraess8368/
Freess8340/
Friães8328/
Frieds8323/
Friets8319/
Freies839/
Friesh835/
Frioes833/
Frieas832/
Friesr832/
Freuss831/
Frijes831/
Friyes831/
Friões831/
Friiss831/
Friees831/
Fryiss830/
Freass830/
Frie802,108/
Fris801,925/
Fres80573/
Friessová8053/
Fraisse776,972/
Fraiese77317/
Friesch77295/
Friesth77154/
Freijes7727/
Frygies7715/
Freisse778/
Freysse772/
Frieesz771/
Fraioes771/
Frigies771/
Fraioss771/
Frieash770/
Fresshe770/
Fried7317,226/
Froes7312,313/
Frese7310,100/
Friis739,311/
Fresh736,709/
Frois734,583/
Frieß733,841/
Frier733,312/
Frees731,919/
Freas731,867/
Freis731,740/
Frise73851/
Frais73803/
Frist73474/
Freus73473/
Frish73446/
Friez73433/
Frisz73279/
Fróis73273/
Frets73258/
Freys73256/
Freds73212/
Fresz73107/
Friet73106/
Frice73104/
Frios7360/
Friße7355/
Frioe7347/
Frest7340/
Friey7334/
Fraes7332/
Frijs7318/
Frije7317/
Frehs7315/
Fryes7313/
Frihs7310/
Friys738/
Fruis738/
Friee737/
Friès735/
Frizs734/
Friex733/
Friej733/
Friče733/
Friei732/
Frões732/
Frues732/
Fryss732/
Frišs732/
Frejs732/
Frrie732/
Fresj731/
Frezs731/
Friea731/
Frres731/
Frris731/
Fryie731/
Frixs731/
Friës731/
Frihe731/
Wfris731/
Hfrie731/
Frhes730/
Frietsch711,675/
Friesová7169/
Friedsch7131/
Fréhisse719/
Frehisse715/
Friesova712/
Friestch711/
Fritsshe711/
Frestsch711/
Fraiysse711/
Frissová711/
Frietshe710/
Frisch6723,044/
Freese6720,832/
Freise672,992/
Freije672,021/
Friedt671,315/
Friche67896/
Fresch67774/
Fruits67724/
Fraise67704/
Friehe67653/
Frejas67632/
Frijas67456/
Frease67444/
Freysz67363/
Freist67358/
Fretts67227/
Freesz67174/
Freisz67170/
Fruish67122/
Freijs67121/
Froias67109/
Freuis67103/
Froise6799/
Freesh6765/
Friece6764/
Frieße6763/
Frishe6754/
Friett6744/
Freits6744/
Freyse6739/
Freias6738/
Fraits6736/
Fricze6731/
Frøise6729/
Frietsche6729/
Freios6727/
Frisce6727/
Freyes6727/
Freész6724/
Fritse6724/
Fredsø6720/
Friisø6718/
Fraije6718/
Fraisz6716/
Friise6716/
Frihed6714/
Frehis6714/
Frajes6713/
Friyas6711/
Freshh6710/
Frieszová6710/
Frijey6710/
Freyas6710/
Freihs6710/
Fraice679/
Fraias678/
Freais677/
Freyts675/
Freads675/
Frijet675/
Freish674/
Freest674/
Freissová674/
Freeds674/
Åfreds674/
Friedh674/
Frawes674/
Frauss673/
Fredds673/
Frejes673/
Freids673/
Fredås673/
Frieszova673/
Frejås673/
Frayes672/
Fredse672/
Frehas672/
Friedz672/
Frihse672/
Frijie672/
Freast672/
Freice672/
Froist672/
Friizs672/
Frieht672/
Fraish672/
Freysh671/
Freeis671/
Freets671/
Frehes671/
Freiie671/
Freyus671/
Frhesh671/
Frisht671/
Frowes671/
Fryits671/
Friech671/
Frejos671/
Frujie671/
Fritssche671/
Friois671/
Fruise671/
Főrizs671/
Fresce671/
Freuse671/
Freiez671/
Freiis671/
Frejis671/
Freiße671/
Frijeh671/
Frijos671/
Fraids671/
Fraihs671/
Fraizs671/
Froyes671/
Frrihs671/
Fruice671/
Friszt671/
Frittsshe671/
Froesz671/
Frihet671/
Freëse671/
Freash671/
Phries671/
Fhreus671/
Vriees670/
Vrries670/
Frrist670/
Fresht670/
Freesd670/
Fretse670/
Freths670/
Freeas670/
Froesh670/
Freush670/
Freats670/

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