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    The surname Fricano

    A Latin surname, carried by 824 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F625

    Fricano: #28,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fricano #28,856, 824 people Fricano: #28,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fricano #28,856, 824 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fricano is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    From the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Sicilian Fricanu (“retated to Africa, African”), derived from fricanu (“African”), ultimately from Latin africanus.

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 824 people named Fricano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 374,691 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 660.

    #28,856
    rank among US surnames
    824
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.8%
    change since 2000 (was #32,782)

    Who is named Fricano

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

    97% of people named Fricano identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fricano

    Fricano has the Soundex code F625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F625.

    Other Latin surnames

    All 91 Latin surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fricano come from?
    From the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Sicilian Fricanu (“retated to Africa, African”), derived from fricanu (“African”), ultimately from Latin africanus.
    How common is the surname Fricano?
    824 people in the United States had the surname Fricano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 374,691 Americans. It ranked 28,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fricano?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Fricano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fricano getting more or less common?
    More common. 660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 824 in 2010, up 25%.