Frigg Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Frigg Surname Definition:

FRIGGE: A surname in Elgin in eighteenth century. John Frigge, merchant in Findhorn, 1759 (Moray).

Frigg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1961:41,9035,876
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Liechtenstein51:7,6761,080
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Frigg (50) may also be a first name.

Frigg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

FRIGGE: A surname in Elgin in eighteenth century. John Frigge, merchant in Findhorn, 1759 (Moray).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Frigg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frigg (Russian: Фригг) is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Frigg.

How Common Is The Last Name Frigg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,088,856th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name Frigg is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Frigg are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 50 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 41,903. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Graubünden, where 44 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 26 percent live and Canton of St Gallen, where 11 percent live. Apart from Switzerland this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 4 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.

Frigg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frigg has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Frigg last name fell 90 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Friggs914/
Frig891,561/
Frieg80895/
Freig80676/
Fraig80350/
Frigh8011/
Frigs802/
Fregg801/
Frigz801/
Frygg801/
Fricg800/
Frzig800/
Freigh732/
Frigue732/
Freggs731/
Fraigt731/
Fruigs730/
Frik672,639/
Fric672,063/
Frix671,287/
Freg67197/
Frigová6793/
Frug6747/
Frigova6711/
Friq676/
Frisgue672/
Freigth671/
Fryg670/

Frigg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Frigg in the Russian language
Фриггfrigg-

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