Frères Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Frères Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 63 | 1:182,486 | 24,456 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Freres (1,853), Fréres (2) & Frérès (3) are calculated separately.
Frères (15) may also be a first name.
Frères Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Frères Come From? nationality or country of origin
Frères is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Freres, Fréres or Frérès. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Frères? popularity and diffusion
The surname Frères is the 2,273,756th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Frères is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Frères live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Frères is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 182,486. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 95 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 3 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Belgium this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freres | 94 | 1,853 | / |
| Fréres | 94 | 2 | / |
| Frère | 91 | 1,030 | / |
| Frérès | 89 | 3 | / |
| Frires | 83 | 65 | / |
| Fryres | 83 | 5 | / |
| Freires | 77 | 16,905 | / |
| Frayres | 77 | 961 | / |
| Freyres | 77 | 67 | / |
| Frieres | 77 | 34 | / |
| Freures | 77 | 18 | / |
| Fraires | 77 | 13 | / |
| Fretres | 77 | 2 | / |
| Freries | 77 | 1 | / |
| Frerese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Froyres | 77 | 1 | / |
| Frehres | 77 | 0 | / |
| Frerres | 77 | 0 | / |
| Frere | 73 | 6,938 | / |
| Frire | 73 | 34 | / |
| Frére | 73 | 19 | / |
| Fryre | 73 | 6 | / |
| Frêre | 73 | 1 | / |
| Freriehs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Freiries | 71 | 1 | / |
| Froireus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Freitres | 71 | 1 | / |
| Freire | 67 | 263,787 | / |
| Fraire | 67 | 14,457 | / |
| Freyre | 67 | 7,483 | / |
| Frayre | 67 | 4,369 | / |
| Freret | 67 | 1,272 | / |
| Freris | 67 | 416 | / |
| Freure | 67 | 88 | / |
| Frerer | 67 | 81 | / |
| Friere | 67 | 70 | / |
| Frerie | 67 | 26 | / |
| Friree | 67 | 18 | / |
| Frerez | 67 | 16 | / |
| Freere | 67 | 14 | / |
| Fréret | 67 | 13 | / |
| Frerre | 67 | 8 | / |
| Friore | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fretre | 67 | 2 | / |
| Frysre | 67 | 2 | / |
| Frerey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frgire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frrera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fryrer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frrere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Frerje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fritre | 67 | 0 | / |
| Frirey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Freree | 67 | 0 | / |
| Frajre | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fryrie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fryore | 67 | 0 | / |
| Freare | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Frères
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