Friou Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Friou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3251:204,37831,769
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Friou Last Name Facts

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

Friou occurs most in France. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Friou.

How Common Is The Last Name Friou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 586,691st most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,672,694 people. The surname Friou is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Friou are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 325 people, or 1 in 204,378. In France it is most prevalent in: Pays de la Loire, where 43 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 31 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 14 percent reside. Outside of France this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Friou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Friou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Friou last name expanded 1,256 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Friou Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Friou surname are 10.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.69% being registered to vote for the political party.

Friou earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.44% more than the national average, earning $54,988 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frioui91979/
Frihou911/
Freijou833/
Fragiou832/
Frieout831/
Fryou80260/
Frius8050/
Freou807/
Frieu807/
Friuz804/
Frițu802/
Froyu801/
Frihu801/
Freyou73191/
Frehou73171/
Freoux7328/
Frijus733/
Frojou731/
Friutt731/
Fraiju731/
Freioe731/
Freijoo6777/
Freyoux6717/
Fréu673/
Fryu672/
Fraijoo671/
Freihut671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Friou
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