Froissant Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Froissant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Froissant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1861:357,11153,432
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Froissant Last Name Facts

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

The last name Froissant is most common in France. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Froissant click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Froissant? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,231,034th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. Froissant is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Froissant reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in France, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 357,111. In France it is mostly found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 54 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 22 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 7 percent reside. Aside from France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Froissant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Froissant has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Froissant last name decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frissant9422/
Fraissant891/
Frissane829/
Frisante821/
Frossand821/
Frisan80439/
Frassaint7860/
Froushant7839/
Frassante7825/
Vrissaint784/
Froussand781/
Fraissand781/
Frissen751,327/
Frisson75544/
Friesan7541/
Frisian7520/
Frassan758/
Frossen753/
Frishan752/
Freisan751/
Frisand751/
Frousan751/
Fressan751/
Frosson751/
Frissón751/
Frgosan751/
Froysan751/
Frisaan751/
Froshan751/
Friessen711,988/
Frissong7188/
Fritsson7153/
Fraisson7113/
Fridsson715/
Vrisaint714/
Frassand714/
Friesian714/
Freissen713/
Frassane713/
Fresaint711/
Fraisain711/
Frission711/
Frashant711/
Frousian711/
Froshang710/
Frodshan710/
Freidsan710/
Frossham710/
Friesson710/
Frison6710,718/
Frisen67256/
Fresan67190/
Frisén67166/
Frişan6742/
Frozan6729/
Frizan6726/
Frosen6717/
Freijssen6716/
Fričan6711/
Frasan677/
Frisón675/
Frasanthe671/
Froxan671/
Froson671/

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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 Froissant
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