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    The surname Frei

    A surname, carried by 2,419 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F600

    Frei: #12,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Frei #12,757, 2,419 people Frei: #12,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Frei #12,757, 2,419 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frei is more common than 92.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,419 people named Frei in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,634 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,341.

    #12,757
    rank among US surnames
    2,419
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,202)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,752DeGraw2,420127,581
    #12,757Frei2,419127,634
    #12,760Callanan2,418127,686
    #12,766Stalter2,417127,739

    Who is named Frei

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

    94% of people named Frei identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Frei

    Frei has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Frei?
    2,419 people in the United States had the surname Frei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,634 Americans. It ranked 12,757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Frei?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Frei identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Frei getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,419 in 2010, up 3.3%.