From Surname

59,154th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

From Surname Definition:

(German) The quiet, pious or devout man.

From Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4611:248,09023,626
Denmark1,3671:4,129364
Sweden1,3121:7,505696
Iran9381:81,8588,327
Canada3921:93,99410,267
Russia3851:374,34636,605
Finland3781:14,5422,150
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Poland1891:201,10426,815
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Australia1791:150,81415,978
Netherlands1761:95,95015,676
India1451:5,290,106129,949
Norway1251:41,1385,882
Germany1151:700,04753,529
China941:14,545,974853
Kazakhstan751:235,76721,064
Israel581:147,54515,555
Uruguay531:64,7506,938
Brazil461:4,653,790122,015
Malaysia391:756,26235,302
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
France321:2,075,710171,237
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Japan221:5,811,10440,882
England141:3,979,861125,553
Kyrgyzstan131:459,43535,797
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Belarus121:791,75562,255
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Qatar91:262,00030,726
South Korea91:5,693,362993
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
East Timor41:303,982255
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3001:167,39615,152

From (3,178) may also be a first name.

From Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The quiet, pious or devout man.

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

A name found in the U.S.; perhaps from Frome in Somerset, or Froome in Dorset (England).

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Last Name Facts

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

The last name From (Russian: Фром) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name From? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 59,154th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 853,943 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of From live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 37 percent live in Scandinavia. From is also the 127,462nd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 3,178 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,461 people, or 1 in 248,090. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Minnesota, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 124 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 16 percent are found and Sweden, where 15 percent are found.

From Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of From has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the From surname expanded 487 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

From Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (94%) in Russia.

In The United States From are 25.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.12% registered with the party.

The amount From earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 6.3% more than the national average, earning 367,884 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning $46,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.7% more than the national average, earning $55,498 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fromm8915,677/
Froom891,085/
Frome89864/
Frohm89606/
Froim89144/
Froum8954/
Froym895/
Pfrom894/
Fromk892/
Fromd892/
Fromn891/
Fhrom890/
Fromme805,036/
Froome80718/
Pfromm80538/
Frohme80231/
Fromne802/
Pfromn801/
Froume801/
Froehm800/
Froimn800/
Fron751,616/
Fram751,259/
Froń751,236/
Frum751,006/
Früm753/
Fromova7332/
Froumne7313/
Fromová739/
Frame6719,916/
Frahm6710,510/
Frohn673,814/
Front672,189/
Phrom671,282/
Frone67627/
Froon67246/
Froin67206/
Framm67130/
Fraum6790/
Frumm6770/
Frühm6746/
Fraam6736/
Frond6724/
Frzon6720/
Froyn6720/
Framc6718/
Frojn6718/
Førum6717/
Fronn6713/
Frommová6712/
Fruhm6710/
Frong6710/
Framh676/
Frume676/
Froun675/
Frham674/
Frumh673/
Framt673/
Frotn672/
Frhum671/
Vfron671/
Frram671/
Fruim671/
Vromm671/
Frońc671/
Fruon671/
Frzam671/
Framn670/
Fhrum670/
Framd670/

From Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
From in the Russian language
Фромfrom-

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