# Frazer (surname)

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

A Scottish and Irish surname from Old French, variant of Fraser

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,743 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,585 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,874 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (7,547 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Frazer 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Frazer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Frazer

- Dan Frazer, American actor (1921–2011)
- Victor O. Frazer, American politician
- Ian Frazer, British–Australian immunologist
- Rupert Frazer, British actor

## Similar surnames

Frazier, Fraser, Frasier, 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.