How common is the surname Frerichs?

2,559 people in the United States had the surname Frerichs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,651 Americans. It ranked 12,180th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frerichs?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Frerichs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frerichs?

Courtney Frerichs, American athletics competitor.

Where is the surname Frerichs most common?

Wikidata records people named Frerichs in the United States.

Is the surname Frerichs getting more or less common?

More common. 2,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,559 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Frerichs

A German surname, carried by 2,559 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F662

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frerichs is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Frerichs.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,559 people named Frerichs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,651 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,380.

#12,180

rank among US surnames

2,559

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,174	Colindres	2,560	120,604
#12,180	Frerichs	2,559	120,651
#12,182	Kollman	2,558	120,698
#12,186	Gayton	2,557	120,745
#12,188	Alldredge	2,556	120,792

Who is named Frerichs

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

96% of people named Frerichs identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frerichss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Courtney Frerichs
American athletics competitor, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frerichs

Frierson

Frerichs has the Soundex code F662, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F662.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Frerichs come from?: Borrowed from German Frerichs.
How common is the surname Frerichs?: 2,559 people in the United States had the surname Frerichs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,651 Americans. It ranked 12,180th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frerichs?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Frerichs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frerichs?: Courtney Frerichs, American athletics competitor.
Where is the surname Frerichs most common?: Wikidata records people named Frerichs in the United States.
Is the surname Frerichs getting more or less common?: More common. 2,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,559 in 2010, up 7.5%.