How common is the surname Fragoso?

4,267 people in the United States had the surname Fragoso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,357 Americans. It ranked 7,778th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fragoso?

Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian writer, soldier and politician (1869-1945), followed by Thiago Fragoso.

Where is the surname Fragoso most common?

Wikidata records people named Fragoso in Brazil.

Is the surname Fragoso getting more or less common?

More common. 3,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,267 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Fragoso

A Galician surname, carried by 4,267 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fragoso is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Fragoso.

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,267 people named Fragoso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,357 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,097.

#7,778

rank among US surnames

4,267

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+37.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,630)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,772	Grewal	4,270	72,306
#7,774	McCollough	4,269	72,323
#7,776	Husted	4,268	72,340
#7,778	Saltzman	4,267	72,357
#7,781	Strachan	4,266	72,374
#7,782	Arceo	4,265	72,391

Who is named Fragoso

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Fragoso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 9.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Fragosos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Augusto Tasso Fragoso
Brazilian writer, soldier and politician (1869-1945)
Thiago Fragoso
Brazilian actor, born 1981
Antonio Fragoso
Brazilian priest (1920–2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fragoso

Fragoso has the Soundex code F622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F622.

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fragoso come from?: Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Fragoso.
How common is the surname Fragoso?: 4,267 people in the United States had the surname Fragoso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,357 Americans. It ranked 7,778th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fragoso?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Fragoso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fragoso?: Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian writer, soldier and politician (1869-1945), followed by Thiago Fragoso.
Where is the surname Fragoso most common?: Wikidata records people named Fragoso in Brazil.
Is the surname Fragoso getting more or less common?: More common. 3,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,267 in 2010, up 38%.