How common is the surname Frazer?

7,743 people in the United States had the surname Frazer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,874 Americans. It ranked 4,585th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Frazer?

Dan Frazer, American actor (1921–2011), followed by Victor O. Frazer.

Where is the surname Frazer most common?

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

Is the surname Frazer getting more or less common?

More common. 7,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,743 in 2010, up 2.6%.

Is Frazer also a first name?

Yes. Frazer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Frazer

A French surname, carried by 7,743 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F626 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frazer is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,743 people named Frazer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,874 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,547.

#4,585

rank among US surnames

7,743

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,351)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,576	Herrin	7,755	39,812
#4,577	Brogan	7,754	39,818
#4,578	Lung	7,753	39,823
#4,580	Rohrer	7,750	39,838
#4,581	Poland	7,746	39,859
#4,582	Coronel	7,745	39,864
#4,583	Lavender	7,744	39,869

Who is named Frazer

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

80% of people named Frazer identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frazers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Frazer
American actor (1921–2011)
Victor O. Frazer
American politician, born 1943
Ian Frazer
British–Australian immunologist, born 1953
Rupert Frazer
British actor, born 1947

Notable Frazers come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frazer

Frazer has the Soundex code F626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F626.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Frazer come from?: Frazer is French in origin.
How common is the surname Frazer?: 7,743 people in the United States had the surname Frazer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,874 Americans. It ranked 4,585th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frazer?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Frazer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Frazer?: Dan Frazer, American actor (1921–2011), followed by Victor O. Frazer.
Where is the surname Frazer most common?: Wikidata records people named Frazer in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Frazer getting more or less common?: More common. 7,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,743 in 2010, up 2.6%.
Is Frazer also a first name?: Yes. Frazer is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.