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    The surname Fredell

    A Swedish surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F634

    Fredell: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fredell #38,948, 566 people Fredell: #38,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fredell #38,948, 566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fredell is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Fredell, an ornamental surname based on the word fred (“peace”).

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 566 people named Fredell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 571.

    #38,948
    rank among US surnames
    566
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #36,860)

    Who is named Fredell

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

    94% of people named Fredell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fredell

    Fredell has the Soundex code F634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F634.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fredell come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Fredell, an ornamental surname based on the word fred (“peace”).
    How common is the surname Fredell?
    566 people in the United States had the surname Fredell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fredell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fredell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Fredell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, down 0.9%.