How common is the surname Frakes?

3,332 people in the United States had the surname Frakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,661 Americans. It ranked 9,733rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frakes?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Frakes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frakes?

Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director (born 1952).

Where is the surname Frakes most common?

Wikidata records people named Frakes in the United States.

Is the surname Frakes getting more or less common?

More common. 3,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,332 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Frakes

A surname, carried by 3,332 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frakes is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,332 people named Frakes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,661 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,300.

#9,733

rank among US surnames

3,332

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #9,102)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,727	Nevels	3,335	92,577
#9,728	Vale	3,334	92,605
#9,730	Suttle	3,333	92,633
#9,733	Frakes	3,332	92,661
#9,734	Strode	3,331	92,689
#9,735	Crispin	3,330	92,716
#9,736	Clymer	3,329	92,744

Who is named Frakes

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

92% of people named Frakes identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frakess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jonathan Frakes
American actor and director (born 1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frakes

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

Questions

How common is the surname Frakes?: 3,332 people in the United States had the surname Frakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,661 Americans. It ranked 9,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frakes?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Frakes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frakes?: Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director (born 1952).
Where is the surname Frakes most common?: Wikidata records people named Frakes in the United States.
Is the surname Frakes getting more or less common?: More common. 3,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,332 in 2010, up 1.0%.