How common is the surname Frere?

439 people in the United States had the surname Frere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 703,293 Americans. It ranked 48,160th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Frere?

Paul Frère, Belgian racecar driver and journalist, followed by Walthère Frère-Orban.

Where is the surname Frere most common?

Wikidata records people named Frere in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Frere getting more or less common?

More common. 396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 439 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Frere

A surname, carried by 439 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frere is more common than 70.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 439 people named Frere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 703,293 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 396.

#48,160

rank among US surnames

439

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

+10.9%

change since 2000 (was #49,767)

Who is named Frere

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

80% of people named Frere identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freres

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Frère
Belgian racecar driver and journalist, 1917–2008
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)

Notable Freres come mostly from Belgium (2), France (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frere

Frere has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

Questions

How common is the surname Frere?: 439 people in the United States had the surname Frere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 703,293 Americans. It ranked 48,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frere?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Frere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Frere?: Paul Frère, Belgian racecar driver and journalist, followed by Walthère Frère-Orban.
Where is the surname Frere most common?: Wikidata records people named Frere in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
Is the surname Frere getting more or less common?: More common. 396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 439 in 2010, up 11%.