Frisby Surname
Approximately 8,230 people bear this surname
Frisby Surname Definition:
(Scandinavian) belonging to Frisby = the Frisian-Settlement [Old Norse Fris- + by-r] There are two Frisbys in Leicestershire.
Frisby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,098 | 1:71,098 | 8,244 |
| England | 1,894 | 1:29,418 | 3,969 |
| Australia | 299 | 1:90,287 | 10,366 |
| Ireland | 212 | 1:22,212 | 2,215 |
| New Zealand | 170 | 1:26,637 | 4,667 |
| Canada | 152 | 1:242,405 | 23,093 |
| Mexico | 117 | 1:1,060,908 | 13,559 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| Thailand | 46 | 1:1,535,616 | 206,021 |
| Isle of Man | 20 | 1:4,291 | 899 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 27 | 1:164,069 | 8,499 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,297 | 1:18,794 | 2,699 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,232 | 1:40,762 | 4,789 |
Frisby (21) may also be a first name.
Frisby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Scandinavian) belonging to Frisby = the Frisian-Settlement [Old Norse Fris- + by-r] There are two Frisbys in Leicestershire.
(English) One who came from Frisby (the Frisians’ village), the name of two places in Leicestershire.
A parish and a chapelry, co. Leicester.
Local. (Danish.) The new, or fresh town; Welsh, fres; French, frais, fresh, new, recently built; Danish frisk, and by, a town.
A location name in Leicestershire.
The Frisbys, whose market town is Peterborough, probably hail originally from Leicestershire, where there is a parish of the name.
Frisby Demographics
Frisby Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Frisby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Frisby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Frisby is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Frisby.
How Common Is The Last Name Frisby? popularity and diffusion
Frisby is the 61,102nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 885,486 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Frisby are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Frisby is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,098 people, or 1 in 71,098. In The United States Frisby is primarily found in: Maryland, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Frisby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Frisby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Frisby surname increased 414 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 785 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Frisby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States Frisby are 18.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.9% being registered with the party.
The amount Frisby earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.66% more than the national average, earning R 312,864 per year; in United States they earn 4.46% less than the national average, earning $41,225 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.67% more than the national average, earning $56,476 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisbey | 92 | 580 | / |
| Fritsby | 92 | 9 | / |
| Frisbys | 92 | 1 | / |
| Friesby | 92 | 0 | / |
| Friby | 91 | 6 | / |
| Frisbeey | 86 | 1 | / |
| Frissbey | 86 | 0 | / |
| Frisbi | 83 | 18 | / |
| Frisbe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Fresby | 83 | 9 | / |
| Frieby | 83 | 2 | / |
| Fribay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Freiby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Frixby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fribey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Frysby | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fritschby | 80 | 0 | / |
| Frisbie | 77 | 5,330 | / |
| Frisbee | 77 | 2,414 | / |
| Fredsby | 77 | 8 | / |
| Frisber | 77 | 2 | / |
| Frisvey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Frieboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Frisbit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Freesby | 77 | 0 | / |
| Friebuy | 77 | 0 | / |
| Frisbis | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fresbey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Freby | 73 | 383 | / |
| Fribe | 73 | 37 | / |
| Friba | 73 | 11 | / |
| Fréby | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fribi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Freshbey | 71 | 3 | / |
| Frisbeed | 71 | 1 | / |
| Frissbee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Friesbie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Friesbee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Friebe | 67 | 6,716 | / |
| Freeby | 67 | 472 | / |
| Fribis | 67 | 46 | / |
| Frebis | 67 | 40 | / |
| Friber | 67 | 27 | / |
| Freibe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fribes | 67 | 8 | / |
| Friebi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Frybys | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fraibe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Freiba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Frieba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fribie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fresvy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fribet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frybyś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fribiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frybis | 67 | 1 | / |
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