# Fred (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,754 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,407 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 176,024 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (1,699 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fred 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) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 29% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fred in Sweden.

## People named Fred

- Gunnel Fred, actress

## Similar surnames

Ford, Freed, Fried, Frady, Freda, Freud, Forte, Fort, Friday, Forde, Frith, Firth.

## 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.