Froissart Surname

189,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Froissart Surname Definition:

FROISSART: The surname of the worthy old chronicler was borne much earlier by Willelmus Froissart, a Domesd. tenant in co. Bedford. It is evidently connected with the French froisser, and means a crasher or bruiser-no improper name either for a follower of the Conqueror, or for the historian of Cresci and Poictiers.

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Froissart Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2,0741:32,0263,897
Belgium461:249,92730,800
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Andorra11:83,8382,381

Froissart Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

FROISSART: The surname of the worthy old chronicler was borne much earlier by Willelmus Froissart, a Domesd. tenant in co. Bedford. It is evidently connected with the French froisser, and means a crasher or bruiser-no improper name either for a follower of the Conqueror, or for the historian of Cresci and Poictiers.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Froissart Last Name Facts

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

The surname Froissart is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Froissart? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 189,210th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,263,567 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Froissart live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Froissart is most widespread in France, where it is held by 2,074 people, or 1 in 32,026. In France Froissart is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 55 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 18 percent are found and Grand Est, where 6 percent are found. Outside of France it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent are found and French Polynesia, where 1 percent are found.

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