How common is the surname Frew?

1,903 people in the United States had the surname Frew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,241 Americans. It ranked 15,402nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frew?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Frew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Frew getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,903 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Frew

A surname, carried by 1,903 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frew is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,903 people named Frew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,241 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,996.

#15,402

rank among US surnames

1,903

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,881)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,397	Ake	1,904	162,156
#15,402	Frew	1,903	162,241
#15,406	Delfin	1,902	162,327
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412

Who is named Frew

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

94% of people named Frew identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frew

Frew 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 Frew?: 1,903 people in the United States had the surname Frew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,241 Americans. It ranked 15,402nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frew?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Frew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Frew getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,903 in 2010, down 4.7%.