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 occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Friester? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,882,912th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Friester are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 570,292. In South Africa Friester is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 99 percent live and Free State, where 1 percent live. Barring South Africa Friester exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Friester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Friester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Friester last name fell 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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