Frigo Surname

39,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Frigo Surname Definition:

(Italian) One who came from Friesland.

Frigo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy7,3181:8,3571,206
Brazil3,1361:68,2632,542
United States1,1771:307,95228,288
France4071:163,20125,424
Argentina3431:124,61610,524
Australia2921:92,45110,569
Belgium1461:78,74412,427
Canada881:418,70036,754
Switzerland721:114,06811,784
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Croatia321:132,14418,905
Austria261:327,51736,002
England201:2,785,90397,972
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Frigó (8) are calculated separately.

Frigo (248) may also be a first name.

Frigo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) One who came from Friesland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Frigo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frigo (Russian: Фриго) has its highest incidence in Italy. It may appear as a variant: Frigó. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Frigo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 39,712th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 551,418 people. The last name Frigo occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Frigo reside; 55 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 566,287th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 248 people.

The last name Frigo is most widely held in Italy, where it is held by 7,318 people, or 1 in 8,357. In Italy Frigo is most frequent in: Veneto, where 83 percent live, Lombardy, where 11 percent live and Piedmont, where 3 percent live. Barring Italy it is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Frigo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frigo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Frigo surname grew 117,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Frigo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Frigo are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Frigo earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 25.25% more than the national average, earning €37,613 per year; in United States they earn 4.91% more than the national average, earning $45,267 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning $54,806 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frigó938/
Frigot91451/
Friggo9132/
Freigo9131/
Frigos9115/
Friogo9110/
Fraigo917/
Friego914/
Frigou911/
Frigout83372/
Frigott831/
Friga80599/
Frego80552/
Frugo8027/
Vrigo802/
Frygo801/
Frigoult7751/
Frigau73554/
Frigah73250/
Freiga7321/
Freego7317/
Frigat738/
Frigaa733/
Fregos733/
Frigga733/
Frigaz731/
Friega731/
Fregoi731/
Frigaux6748/
Frigast6733/
Fregost673/
Freegod672/
Freigas672/
Frigash671/
Frainga671/
Fregood670/

Frigo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Frigo in the Russian language
Фригоfrigo-

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