as a Last Name
- 4,845
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for 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).
| 6,992nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,845
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Friel per capita
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