Frea

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fɹiə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Frea is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Somalia than in any other country, where it is the 32nd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.1M(measured from records)
  • SOSomalia≈1 in 5.2K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 591K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Somalia (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Somalia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Frea counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Frea is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SO Somalia#32≈2,300 est.≈1 in 5.2K—Frea1
US United States—1581 in 2.1M160Frea96
IT Italy—≈110 est.≈1 in 591K1Frea8
NG Nigeria—≈75 est.≈1 in 2.9M—Frea2
AR Argentina—511 in 892K51——
NZ New Zealand—≈5 est.≈1 in 1M—Frea1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Frea is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Uruguay, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Freã

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Fréa, Freã

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fréa

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Fřèã

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Frea is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In goh, Frigg, a major Germanic goddess and the wife of Odin.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, a female given name, the Goddess Frigg

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, lord, king

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Senākā ģermāņu panteona galvenā dieviete un Vodana (Odina priekšteča) sieva

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Frea,
InformalHi Frea,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Frea
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020160#115,686
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010158#111,426
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000119#131,366
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—51—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Frea?
A machine transcription gives /fɹiə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Frea have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Frea in Somalia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frea.
How common is the name Frea?
In the United States, the national register counted 158 people named Frea in 2010, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
How common is Frea compared with other names?
In Somalia, Frea is the 32nd most common surname of 1,614 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Frea” — the 32nd most common surname in Somalia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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