as a Last Name
- 4,350
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Friel
Meaning & Origins
Irish (common in Donegal, and now also in Glasgow): from Gaelic Ó Frighil, which is probably a metathesized variant of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).
| 6,733rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,350
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Friel per capita
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