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friel Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish (common in Donegal, and now also in Glasgow): from Gaelic Ó Frighil, which is probably a metathesized variant of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).
  2. German: from a pet form of Friedrich.

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Distribution of friel Families in the US in 1920
Number of friel families
 122-241
 41-121
 1-40
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