How common is the surname Fried?

7,010 people in the United States had the surname Fried in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,044 Americans. It ranked 5,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fried?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fried identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fried?

Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1864–1921), followed by Erich Fried.

Where is the surname Fried most common?

Wikidata records people named Fried in the United States, Austria and Germany and 1 other country.

Is the surname Fried getting more or less common?

More common. 6,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,010 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Fried

A surname, carried by 7,010 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fried is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,010 people named Fried in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,044 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,435.

#5,012

rank among US surnames

7,010

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,003	Penaloza	7,026	43,943
#5,004	Veliz	7,024	43,956
#5,005	Glaze	7,022	43,968
#5,006	Tarr	7,021	43,975
#5,007	Butt	7,020	43,981
#5,009	Carrasquillo	7,015	44,012
#5,010	Varghese	7,013	44,025

Who is named Fried

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

96% of people named Fried identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frieds

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1939
Max Fried
American baseball player, born 1994
Daniel Fried
American diplomat, born 1952
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)

Notable Frieds come mostly from the United States (7), Austria (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fried

Fried has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

Questions

How common is the surname Fried?: 7,010 people in the United States had the surname Fried in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,044 Americans. It ranked 5,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fried?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fried identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fried?: Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1864–1921), followed by Erich Fried.
Where is the surname Fried most common?: Wikidata records people named Fried in the United States, Austria and Germany and 1 other country.
Is the surname Fried getting more or less common?: More common. 6,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,010 in 2010, up 8.9%.