# Fried (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fried/  
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) | 7,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,012 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,044 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.9% (6,435 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fried 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fried in the United States, Austria, Germany and Hungary.

## People named Fried

- Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1864–1921)
- Erich Fried, Austrian writer (1921–1988)
- Gerald Fried, American composer, conductor, and oboist (1928–2023)
- Michael Fried, American art critic
- Max Fried, American baseball player
- Daniel Fried, American diplomat
- Morton Fried, American anthropologist (1923–1986)
- Pál Fried, American artist (1893-1976)
- Charles Fried, American judge (1935–2024)
- Elaine de Kooning, American painter (1918-1989)

## Similar surnames

Freed, Friday, Freda, Fred, Freud, Ford, Forte, Fort, Forde, Frith, Firth, Frady.

## 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.