Fröberg Surname
Approximately 2,225 people bear this surname
Fröberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,667 | 1:5,907 | 549 |
| Finland | 488 | 1:11,264 | 1,732 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Froberg (1,246) are calculated separately.
Fröberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fröberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fröberg has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can be rendered as: Froberg. For other potential spellings of Fröberg click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fröberg? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 189,802nd most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,275,302 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fröberg live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most widespread in Sweden, where it is held by 1,667 people, or 1 in 5,907. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 12 percent live and Skåne County, where 9 percent live. Aside from Sweden this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 22 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Fröberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fröberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fröberg surname fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Froberg | 95 | 1,246 | / |
| Fröhberg | 93 | 37 | / |
| Fröbergh | 93 | 7 | / |
| Freberg | 86 | 666 | / |
| Fröborg | 86 | 30 | / |
| Fraberg | 86 | 2 | / |
| Frohberg | 80 | 1,448 | / |
| Freeberg | 80 | 1,363 | / |
| Froeberg | 80 | 41 | / |
| Fraeberg | 80 | 6 | / |
| Fraïberg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wfroberg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Freuberg | 80 | 0 | / |
| Frohbergh | 75 | 18 | / |
| Freebergh | 75 | 0 | / |
| Freburg | 71 | 167 | / |
| Freborg | 71 | 96 | / |
| Froborg | 71 | 30 | / |
| Froburg | 71 | 30 | / |
| Freeburg | 67 | 1,428 | / |
| Freeborg | 67 | 130 | / |
| Frohburg | 67 | 72 | / |
| Vreeberg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fraborgh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Freeburgh | 63 | 15 | / |
| Frowerk | 57 | 16 | / |
| Frohwerk | 53 | 132 | / |
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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 Fröberg
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