How common is the surname Frahm?

2,664 people in the United States had the surname Frahm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,895 Americans. It ranked 11,759th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frahm?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Frahm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frahm?

Sheila Frahm, American politician, followed by Richie Frahm.

Where is the surname Frahm most common?

Wikidata records people named Frahm in the United States.

Is the surname Frahm getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,664 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Frahm

A surname, carried by 2,664 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frahm is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,664 people named Frahm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,895 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,672.

#11,759

rank among US surnames

2,664

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,929)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,751	Bruckner	2,666	115,809
#11,753	Balog	2,665	115,852
#11,759	Frahm	2,664	115,895
#11,764	Boehmer	2,663	115,939
#11,767	Pesina	2,662	115,983

Who is named Frahm

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

96% of people named Frahm identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frahms

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sheila Frahm
American politician, born 1945
Richie Frahm
American basketball player (born 1977)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frahm

Frahm has the Soundex code F650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F650.

Questions

How common is the surname Frahm?: 2,664 people in the United States had the surname Frahm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,895 Americans. It ranked 11,759th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frahm?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Frahm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frahm?: Sheila Frahm, American politician, followed by Richie Frahm.
Where is the surname Frahm most common?: Wikidata records people named Frahm in the United States.
Is the surname Frahm getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,664 in 2010, down 0.3%.