How common is the surname Fregoso?

4,969 people in the United States had the surname Fregoso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,134 Americans. It ranked 6,788th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fregoso getting more or less common?

More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,969 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Fregoso

A surname, carried by 4,969 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fregoso is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,969 people named Fregoso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,134 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,590.

#6,788

rank among US surnames

4,969

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+38.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,781	Guyer	4,974	62,072
#6,784	Chee	4,973	62,084
#6,787	Hyder	4,971	62,109
#6,788	Coston	4,969	62,134
#6,790	Addington	4,968	62,147
#6,791	Bowes	4,967	62,159
#6,792	Coulson	4,966	62,172

Who is named Fregoso

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

95% of people named Fregoso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fregoso

Fragoso

Fregoso has the Soundex code F622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F622.

Questions

How common is the surname Fregoso?: 4,969 people in the United States had the surname Fregoso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,134 Americans. It ranked 6,788th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fregoso?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fregoso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fregoso getting more or less common?: More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,969 in 2010, up 38%.