Froentjes Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Froentjes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Froentjes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands851:198,67327,603
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Froentjes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Froentjes is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Froentjes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Froentjes is the 1,918,812th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Froentjes live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 198,673. In The Netherlands Froentjes is most prevalent in: Friesland, where 24 percent live, Groningen, where 21 percent live and North Holland, where 14 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frontjes9417/
Vorentjes781/
Vraentjes780/
Vrantjes711/
Vriendjes6738/
Veurendjes6311/
Frandjis591/
Frantzhus568/
Farandjis561/

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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
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  • 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 Froentjes
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