Friester Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

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

Friester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa951:570,29244,274
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Friester Last Name Facts

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

The surname Friester is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Friester? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,882,912th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Friester reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 570,292. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 99 percent are found and Free State, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Friester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Friester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Friester surname declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Friester Last Name Statistics demography

Friester earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.86% more than the national average, earning R 313,344 per year.

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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 Friester
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