Friswell Surname

651,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Friswell Surname Definition:

Or Fritzville, armorially identified with Frescheville. See Freshfield.

Friswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2301:242,25219,814
Australia1281:210,90420,401
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Wales361:85,9597,098
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1311:186,07215,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Friswell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Or Fritzville, armorially identified with Frescheville. See Freshfield.

The Norman People (1874)

From Freshwell; a location name in Essex.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Friswell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Friswell is most common in England. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Friswell? popularity and diffusion

The last name Friswell is the 651,048th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name Friswell occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Friswell live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Friswell is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 242,252. In England Friswell is most common in: Warwickshire, where 20 percent are found, West Midlands, where 12 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 11 percent are found. Aside from England this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Friswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Friswell has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Friswell surname grew 176 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 867 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Friswell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Friswell are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.91% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Friswell earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 29.79% more than the national average, earning R 308,436 per year; in United States they earn 14.45% more than the national average, earning $49,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.06% more than the national average, earning $59,651 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frisswell942/
Freswell880/
Fruswell880/
Frisbell880/
Fretswell821/
Frizzwell820/
Freswel800/
Frisbel800/
Frexwell750/
Frisbil670/

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Friswell Reference & Research

Frizzell FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Friswell
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