How common is the surname Friar?

1,950 people in the United States had the surname Friar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,331 Americans. It ranked 15,124th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Friar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,950 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Friar

A surname, carried by 1,950 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friar is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,950 people named Friar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,331 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,842.

#15,124

rank among US surnames

1,950

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,783)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,117	Capo	1,952	158,169
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331
#15,127	Parman	1,949	158,412

Who is named Friar

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

74% of people named Friar identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Friar

Friar has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

Questions

How common is the surname Friar?: 1,950 people in the United States had the surname Friar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,331 Americans. It ranked 15,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Friar?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Friar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Friar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,950 in 2010, up 5.9%.