How common is the surname Frawley?

3,221 people in the United States had the surname Frawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,854 Americans. It ranked 10,011th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frawley?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Frawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frawley?

William Frawley, American actor (1887–1966), followed by James Frawley.

Where is the surname Frawley most common?

Wikidata records people named Frawley in the United States.

Is the surname Frawley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,221 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Frawley

A surname, carried by 3,221 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frawley is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,221 people named Frawley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,854 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,118.

#10,011

rank among US surnames

3,221

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,567)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824
#10,011	Frawley	3,221	95,854
#10,013	Eisele	3,220	95,884
#10,015	Ducote	3,219	95,913
#10,019	Billman	3,218	95,943

Who is named Frawley

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

96% of people named Frawley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frawleys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Frawley
American actor (1887–1966)
James Frawley
American director and actor (1936–2019)
David Frawley
American Hindu teacher, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frawley

Frawley has the Soundex code F640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F640.

Questions

How common is the surname Frawley?: 3,221 people in the United States had the surname Frawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,854 Americans. It ranked 10,011th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frawley?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Frawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frawley?: William Frawley, American actor (1887–1966), followed by James Frawley.
Where is the surname Frawley most common?: Wikidata records people named Frawley in the United States.
Is the surname Frawley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,221 in 2010, up 3.3%.