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 surname Frigg (Russian: Фригг) occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Frigg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Frigg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,088,856th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Frigg live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 50 people.

The surname Frigg is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 41,903. In Switzerland Frigg is most frequent in: Canton of Graubünden, where 44 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 26 percent are found and Canton of St Gallen, where 11 percent are found. Other than Switzerland this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Frigg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frigg has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 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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