# Frey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/frey/  
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) | 32,904 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,065 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,383 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (32,735 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɹeɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Frey 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Frey in the United States and Austria.

## People named Frey

- Glenn Frey, American rock musician (1948–2016)
- James Frey, American writer
- Leonard Frey, American actor (1938–1988)
- Petra Frey, Austrian singer
- Jacob Frey, American politician, attorney, and mayor of Minneapolis since 2018 (born 1981)
- Jinh Yu Frey, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Erik Frey, Austrian actor (1908-1988)
- Maximilian von Frey, Austrian-born German physiologist
- Sonja Frey, Austrian handball player
- Taylor Frey, American actor
- Sarah Frey, American farmer

## Similar surnames

Fry, Ferry, Free, Fore, Furey, Frei, Fray, Frew, Fury, Frueh, Fairey, Frye.

## 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.