Friesen is used as a family name or surname in Germany, France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Friesen
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany, France
Meaning:

Surname Friesen is a variant form of the Fries. One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.

One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.

How popular is Friesen?

Friesen is common in Canada, United States, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay, Netherlands, Brazil, Belize.

Friesen is ranked 12806 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Friesens grew by 18.24 per cent to 7512 since 2000 and ranked 4721 after elevating 343 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.72 95.88
Hispanic or Latino 2.26 1.62
Black 2.02 0.3
Others 1.14 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.76
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.22
Friesen is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 43878 people have been found who wears Friesen as their family name. Friesen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Friesen:
137 Canada23,852
Countries with thousands of Friesen:
4,663 United States9,602
1,474 Germany6,999
3,719 Mexico1,254
Countries with hundreds of Friesen:
545 Paraguay779
7,721 Netherlands372
25,777 Brazil305
303 Belize271
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,956 Australia97
157,648 Thailand68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
64,828 England37
86,049 Argentina27
20,770 New Zealand22
275,629 Russia20
15,539 Uruguay18
3,169 Costa Rica16
66,436 Belgium14
46,196 Switzerland12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
293,169 France10
221,039 Philippines9
34,489 Peru7
55,922 Qatar6
26,199 Latvia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Simon Friesen from Prussia aboard the James H. Shepherd from Antwerp. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in USA on June 28, 1852. Justine Friesen, 2 years old Maria Friesen, Farmer Heinrich Friesen, Peter Friesen, aged 24, 52 years old Frdke. Friesen, 36 years old Friedr. Friesen, Arthur Friesen, aged 11 months old, Bernhard Friesen, aged 49, and 10 other Friesen around 50% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg and Hamburg & Havre.

Friesen Namesakes

  • Jean Friesen, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • Gordon Friesen, founders of 'Broadside'
  • Eugene Friesen, American cellist and composer
  • Rob Friesen, Canadian former ice hockey player from Winnipeg
  • Benno Friesen, Canadian administrator, professor and politician
  • Henry Friesen, Canadian endocrinologist
  • Patrick Friesen, Canadian author
  • Jeff Friesen, Canadian former professional ice hockey player
  • Brandon Friesen, American, Grammy Award nominated and multi-Juno Award winning music producer
  • Pete Friesen, guitarist
  • Karl Friesen, ice hockey player

Friesen Namesakes

  • Jean Friesen, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • Gordon Friesen, founders of 'Broadside'
  • Eugene Friesen, American cellist and composer
  • Rob Friesen, Canadian former ice hockey player from Winnipeg
  • Benno Friesen, Canadian administrator, professor and politician
  • Henry Friesen, Canadian endocrinologist
  • Patrick Friesen, Canadian author
  • Jeff Friesen, Canadian former professional ice hockey player
  • Brandon Friesen, American, Grammy Award nominated and multi-Juno Award winning music producer
  • Pete Friesen, guitarist
  • Karl Friesen, ice hockey player

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