Friend is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Friend
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Friend

How popular is Friend?

Friend is common in United States.

Friend is ranked 4653 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Friend bearers increased by 1.865758 per cent in 2010 US census to 17635 since 2000, the surname slipped by 133 spots and ranked at 2041. The last name was found in around 60 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.4 87.74
Black 7.3 7.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.78 2.24
Others 2.07 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.89
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.36
Friend is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 117280 people have been found who wears Friend as their family name. Friend is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
5,340 Iceland6
103,755 Czech Republic5
2,109 Ethiopia5
1,295 Yemen4
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
177 Norfolk Island3
1,644 Nepal3
528 Laos3
8,926 Cameroon3
3,949 Botswana3
1,141 Mongolia3
6,706 Lebanon3
78,945 Argentina3
3,224 Afghanistan3
1,472 The Bahamas2
993 Guernsey2
17,692 Armenia2
14,621 Croatia2
26,532 Chile2
10,211 Bulgaria2
5,817 Albania2
4,944 Bosnia2
1,235 Belize2
23,344 Austria2
3,437 Sudan2
6,353 Panama2
2,744 Rwanda2
14,644 Tunisia1
2,309 Monaco1
2,211 Brunei1
1,253 Burundi1
90,903 Moldova1
8,268 Mauritius1
14,618 Guyana1
6,688 Malawi1
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
215 Palau1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
5,872 Namibia1
5,916 Mozambique1
21,562 Portugal1
717 Bhutan1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
5,467 Haiti1
2,057 Isle of Man1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
1,005 The Gambia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
4,942 Libya1
16,073 Latvia1
492,292 Ukraine1
24,421 Slovakia1
6,967 Macedonia1
2,877 Cuba1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,790 Zambia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
11,486 Estonia1
7,941 Guatemala1
29,774 Venezuela1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
3,642 Northern Ireland48
33,012 Belgium45
26,164 Sweden36
17,489 Denmark30
4,169 Cyprus26
1,286 Malta16
4,106 Japan16
602 South Korea14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
19,607 Greece98
11,321 Israel94
12,684 Switzerland90
10,596 Colombia87
20,378 Zimbabwe78
726 China74
2,438 Bahrain61
3,517 Puerto Rico54
13,876 Norway52
144,130 Indonesia51
Countries with hundreds of Friend:
5,820 Kenya942
4,844 Canada918
15,719 Brazil843
6,878 Mexico785
1,780 United Arab Emirates596
11,594 Algeria536
1,449 New Zealand509
13,743 Turkey489
2,652 Ecuador483
10,900 Morocco470
973 Wales406
286 Thailand400
6,557 Ghana399
1,416 Oman371
26,927 France367
2,971 Jordan339
2,133 Scotland335
17,922 Poland334
1,039 Hong Kong249
38,007 Italy224
6,128 Hungary196
2,017 Singapore195
1,984 Kuwait192
1,408 Qatar175
19,620 Netherlands137
15,064 Romania125
24,041 Spain115
12,632 Peru114
Countries with thousands of Friend:
1,259 Bangladesh9,969
390 Myanmar7,715
1,251 England6,249
6,357 Nigeria3,668
1,955 South Africa3,342
1,419 Iraq3,038
16,030 India2,760
1,259 Australia2,520
6,108 Philippines2,320
3,395 Egypt2,247
1,119 Vietnam1,987
2,012 Syria1,764
1,049 Cambodia1,563
2,364 Saudi Arabia1,501
1,979 Malaysia1,391
1,923 Sri Lanka1,369
3,860 Uganda1,307
432 Taiwan1,159
8,784 Iran1,024
9,745 Germany1,009
Countries with ten thousands of Friend:
694 Pakistan25,647
1,877 United States21,243
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant William Friend from Great Britain aboard the Columbine from London during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 44 years old when he arrived in USA on May 18, 1850. 51 years old Martha Friend, 22 years old Sarah Friend, 20 years old Esther Friend, 16 years old Nimrod Friend, Ann Friend (14) Immigrant, William Friend (13) , Ellen Friend, aged 21, are other Friend that migrated to US.

Friend Namesakes

  • Russel Friend, Television writer
  • Allee Friend, Actress
  • Amani Friend, Musical Artist
  • Robert Friend, Poet
  • Phil Friendly, Singer
  • Alfred Friendly, Journalist
  • Rachel Friend, Actress
  • Budd Friend, Set decorator
  • Caitlin Friend, Soccer player
  • A Friend in London, Rock band
  • Megan Friend characterized central character of Bailey in 2016 comedy, drama movie Adoptation.

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