Fröhlen Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fröhlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fröhlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1191:676,51652,308
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Frohlen (5) are calculated separately.

Fröhlen Last Name Facts

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

Fröhlen is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Frohlen. Click here to see other potential spellings of Fröhlen.

How Common Is The Last Name Fröhlen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fröhlen is the 1,637,889th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. Fröhlen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fröhlen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 676,516. In Germany Fröhlen is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent are found, Hesse, where 11 percent are found and Bavaria, where 2 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frohlen955/
Frölen922/
Fröhlin8686/
Frahlen860/
Frhalen860/
Fröhling803,086/
Fröhlink8036/
Frölin77146/
Frölén7775/
Frolen7746/
Fralen7744/
Frelen772/
Freelen71162/
Frölind7125/
Frohlin718/
Frallen710/
Frolien710/
Froehlin6711/
Freehlin671/
Fralin621,015/
Frelin62954/
Frolin62340/
Frelén6211/
Frolén621/
Freelin5798/
Frollin571/
Freulin571/
Frallin571/

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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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  • 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 Fröhlen
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