How common is the surname Fretz?

1,474 people in the United States had the surname Fretz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,461 Americans. It ranked 18,660th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fretz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fretz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fretz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,474 in 2010, down 9.1%.

The surname Fretz

A surname, carried by 1,474 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fretz is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,474 people named Fretz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,461 Americans. That is down 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,622.

#18,660

rank among US surnames

1,474

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-9.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,349)

Who is named Fretz

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

96% of people named Fretz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
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 Fretz

Fretz has the Soundex code F632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F632.

Questions

How common is the surname Fretz?: 1,474 people in the United States had the surname Fretz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,461 Americans. It ranked 18,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fretz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fretz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fretz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,474 in 2010, down 9.1%.