Froehlich Surname

49,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Froehlich Surname Definition:

(German) The merry or cheerful person; the wise person.

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Froehlich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6001:54,9186,554
Germany1,2971:62,0717,971
Brazil9991:214,2898,260
France5781:114,91817,280
Canada3601:102,34911,090
South Africa1271:426,59636,772
Switzerland891:92,28010,121
Thailand621:1,139,328167,850
England551:1,013,05650,089
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Austria461:185,11823,639
Australia341:793,99150,673
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Scotland61:892,30328,047
China51:273,464,31313,838
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3061:164,11314,904

Froehlich (13) may also be a first name.

Froehlich Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The merry or cheerful person; the wise person.

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

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'merry', or 'happy'. "Fröhliche Weinachten" is Merry Christmas in German.

- jameefroehlich

Froehlich Last Name Facts

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

Froehlich occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Froehlich.

How Common Is The Last Name Froehlich? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 49,480th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 700,928 people. Froehlich is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Froehlich are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 13 people.

The last name Froehlich is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 6,600 people, or 1 in 54,918. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 53 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 10 percent are found.

Froehlich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Froehlich has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Froehlich surname increased 2,157 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Froehlich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Froehlich last name are 14.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.3% being registered with the political party.

The amount Froehlich earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 885.12% more than the national average, earning R 2,341,010 per year; in United States they earn 11.82% more than the national average, earning $48,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.24% more than the national average, earning $50,794 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Froehleich951/
Froelich945,799/
Frohlich945,676/
Frehlich94291/
Froelhich899/
Fraehlich899/
Frohllich893/
Frohhlich891/
Frohleich890/
Frelich881,879/
Frolich881,113/
Fröhlich8247,985/
Freulich82279/
Fraelich82215/
Frahlich8258/
Frolhich8220/
Frohlech828/
Freliech826/
Freelich824/
Froliech823/
Frollich822/
Frelhich821/
Frelaich820/
Froleich820/
Fröhlichs781/
Fraehlech780/
Frölich752,330/
Fralich75172/
Frélich7544/
Frolech754/
Fraïlich712/
Fraleich711/
Fröhlichová70548/
Fröhlichova703/
Frölichová632/
Vralich631/

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