Last name: FRIEL
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Last name frequency
FRIEL : This last name is indexed 21,204 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FRIEL : 1: Irish (mainly Donegal and now also in Glasgow): from Gaelic Ó Frighil which is a metathesized form of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).2: German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich.
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