Friewald Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Friewald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friewald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria371:230,14727,778
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England41:13,929,515290,718
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Friewald (16) may also be a first name.

Friewald Last Name Facts

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

Friewald is borne by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Friewald.

How Common Is The Last Name Friewald? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,414,640th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Friewald live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe. Friewald is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 16 people.

The last name Friewald is most commonly held in Austria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 230,147. In Austria Friewald is most prevalent in: Lower Austria, where 97 percent live and Vorarlberg, where 3 percent live. Barring Austria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Friewald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Friewald has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Friewald surname expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Friewald Last Name Statistics demography

Friewald earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.9% more than the national average, earning $51,735 USD 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
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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 Friewald
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