Friess Surname
Approximately 4,814 people bear this surname
Friess Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.
Friess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,701 | 1:213,086 | 20,798 |
| France | 1,309 | 1:50,743 | 6,635 |
| Germany | 877 | 1:91,796 | 11,515 |
| Canada | 224 | 1:164,489 | 16,566 |
| Austria | 199 | 1:42,791 | 6,859 |
| Brazil | 138 | 1:1,551,263 | 51,554 |
| Switzerland | 101 | 1:81,316 | 9,293 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| Czechia | 57 | 1:186,552 | 27,470 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 152 | 1:330,386 | 25,648 |
Friess Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.
Friess Demographics
Average Male Friess Height
178 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
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Friess Reference & Research
Friess FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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