# Frere (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 439 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,160 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 703,293 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (396 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Frere 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Frere in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Frere

- Paul Frère, Belgian racecar driver and journalist
- Walthère Frère-Orban, Belgian politician (1812-1896)
- Henry Bartle Frere, British colonial Welsh administrator (1815-1884)
- Albert Frère, Belgian businessman (1926–2018)
- John Frere, British anthroplogist, archaeologist and politician (1740–1807)

## Similar surnames

Ferreira, Ferrer, Fraire, Freer, Ferrier, Ferrera, Freire, Ferrero, Forero, Ferreyra, Frier, Ferreri.

## 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.