Frère Surname
Approximately 1,030 people bear this surname
Frère Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 685 | 1:16,783 | 2,570 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 130 | 1:510,944 | 71,022 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Frere (6,938), Frére (19), Frêre (1), Freré (2) & Frerè (2) are calculated separately.
Frère (406) may also be a first name.
Frère Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Frère Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Frère occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Frere, Frére, Frêre, Freré or Frerè. For other potential spellings of Frère click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Frère? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 353,485th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,075,287 people. The surname Frère occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Frère live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Frère is also the 427,982nd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 406 people.
The surname Frère is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 685 people, or 1 in 16,783. In Belgium Frère is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 76 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Belgium this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 13 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frere | 93 | 6,938 | / |
| Frére | 93 | 19 | / |
| Frêre | 93 | 1 | / |
| Frères | 91 | 70 | / |
| Freré | 87 | 2 | / |
| Frerè | 87 | 2 | / |
| Frire | 80 | 34 | / |
| Frrer | 80 | 6 | / |
| Fryre | 80 | 6 | / |
| Freire | 73 | 263,787 | / |
| Fraire | 73 | 14,457 | / |
| Freyre | 73 | 7,483 | / |
| Frayre | 73 | 4,369 | / |
| Freres | 73 | 1,853 | / |
| Freret | 73 | 1,272 | / |
| Freure | 73 | 88 | / |
| Frerer | 73 | 81 | / |
| Friere | 73 | 70 | / |
| Frires | 73 | 65 | / |
| Frerie | 73 | 26 | / |
| Friree | 73 | 18 | / |
| Frerez | 73 | 16 | / |
| Freere | 73 | 14 | / |
| Fréret | 73 | 13 | / |
| Frerre | 73 | 8 | / |
| Fryres | 73 | 5 | / |
| Friore | 73 | 4 | / |
| Fretre | 73 | 2 | / |
| Frysre | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fréres | 73 | 2 | / |
| Frerje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Frgire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Frerey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Frrera | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fërrer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fryrer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Frrere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Frajre | 73 | 0 | / |
| Freree | 73 | 0 | / |
| Freare | 73 | 0 | / |
| Frrrer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Frirey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fritre | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fryrie | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fryore | 73 | 0 | / |
| Freires | 67 | 16,905 | / |
| Frayres | 67 | 961 | / |
| Frreira | 67 | 250 | / |
| Frer | 67 | 114 | / |
| Frayret | 67 | 73 | / |
| Freyres | 67 | 67 | / |
| Freirez | 67 | 61 | / |
| Freyrie | 67 | 20 | / |
| Fraires | 67 | 13 | / |
| Frairie | 67 | 11 | / |
| Frir | 67 | 9 | / |
| Freirer | 67 | 5 | / |
| Frairre | 67 | 3 | / |
| Frerrer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Frairez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Frreire | 67 | 3 | / |
| Friorey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Freerer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Freiree | 67 | 2 | / |
| Freyrer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fretres | 67 | 2 | / |
| Freired | 67 | 2 | / |
| Frairet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fruitre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Froyres | 67 | 1 | / |
| Freyrre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Freyrez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frearer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frairei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Freirie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Freitre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fryr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frayrer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Frehres | 67 | 0 | / |
| Freirey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Frerres | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Frère
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