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    The surname Frias

    A surname, carried by 16,911 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frias is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,911 people named Frias in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,257 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,357.

    #2,144
    rank among US surnames
    16,911
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,684)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,135Shaver16,97218,191
    #2,136Hoffmann16,96618,198
    #2,137Lunsford16,96218,202
    #2,138Grayson16,94618,219
    #2,139Finney16,93918,227
    #2,140Bueno16,93618,230
    #2,141Cottrell16,93018,237

    Who is named Frias

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

    88% of people named Frias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Friass

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adonis Frías
      Argentine footballer, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Frias

    Frias has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Frias?
    16,911 people in the United States had the surname Frias in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,257 Americans. It ranked 2,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Frias?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Frias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Frias?
    Adonis Frías, Argentine footballer.
    Where is the surname Frias most common?
    Wikidata records people named Frias in Argentina.
    Is the surname Frias getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,911 in 2010, up 37%.