The surname Frech
A German surname, carried by 1,040 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex F620
Origin
German origin
From the German and Alemannic German surname, from the adjective frech (“bold, daring”).
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,040 people named Frech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,871 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,032.
Who is named Frech
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Frech identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Frech has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Frech come from?
- From the German and Alemannic German surname, from the adjective frech (“bold, daring”).
- How common is the surname Frech?
- 1,040 people in the United States had the surname Frech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,871 Americans. It ranked 24,174th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Frech?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Frech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Frech getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,040 in 2010, up 0.8%.