# Fraser (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fraser/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Old French thought to be of Norman origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,961 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,358 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,893 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (24,616 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹeɪzə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Frazer |

## Etymology

Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fraser in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fraser in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Kingdom of Great Britain and Canada.

## People named Fraser

- Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (1930-2015)
- Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician (born 1937)
- Nancy Fraser, American philosopher
- Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player (1933–2024)
- Greig Fraser, Australian cinematographer
- Antonia Fraser, British author and novelist
- Gretchen Fraser, American alpine skier (1919-1994)
- Robin Fraser, American soccer player-coach
- Jane Fraser, British-American banking executive
- Elisabeth Fraser, American actress (1920-2005)
- Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist
- Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat, (1877-1933) British Army general

and 25 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Frazier, Frasier, Frazer, Frasure, Fraizer, Foraker, Frasher, Fraker, Frashëri, Farquhar, Forcier, Freshour.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.