How common is the surname Frey?

32,904 people in the United States had the surname Frey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,383 Americans. It ranked 1,065th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frey?

Glenn Frey, American rock musician (1948–2016), followed by James Frey.

Where is the surname Frey most common?

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

How do you pronounce Frey?

Frey is /fɹeɪ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Frey getting more or less common?

More common. 32,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,904 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Frey

A surname, carried by 32,904 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fɹeɪ/ 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). Frey is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 32,904 people named Frey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,383 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 32,735.

#1,065

rank among US surnames

32,904

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #972)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,056	Cooke	33,223	9,293
#1,057	Delaney	33,218	9,295
#1,059	Chaney	33,201	9,299
#1,060	Kidd	33,186	9,303
#1,061	Velasco	33,078	9,334
#1,062	Ngo	33,005	9,355
#1,063	Cheng	32,982	9,361

Who is named Frey

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

95% of people named Frey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freys

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Glenn Frey
American rock musician (1948–2016)
James Frey
American writer, born 1969
Leonard Frey
American actor (1938–1988)
Petra Frey
Austrian singer, born 1978
Jacob Frey
American politician, attorney, and mayor of Minneapolis since 2018 (born 1981)
Jinh Yu Frey
American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1985
Erik Frey
Austrian actor (1908-1988)
Maximilian von Frey
Austrian-born German physiologist, 1852–1932
Sonja Frey
Austrian handball player, born 1993
Taylor Frey
American actor, born 1989
Sarah Frey
American farmer, born 1976

Notable Freys come mostly from the United States (7) and Austria (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frey

Frey 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 Frey?: 32,904 people in the United States had the surname Frey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,383 Americans. It ranked 1,065th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frey?: Glenn Frey, American rock musician (1948–2016), followed by James Frey.
Where is the surname Frey most common?: Wikidata records people named Frey in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Frey?: Frey is /fɹeɪ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Frey getting more or less common?: More common. 32,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,904 in 2010, up 0.5%.