How common is the surname Friel?

4,703 people in the United States had the surname Friel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,649 Americans. It ranked 7,113th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Friel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Friel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Friel most common?

Wikidata records people named Friel in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Friel getting more or less common?

More common. 4,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,703 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Friel

A surname, carried by 4,703 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friel is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,703 people named Friel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,649 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,555.

#7,113

rank among US surnames

4,703

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,815)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,109	Labonte	4,706	65,607
#7,110	Mattern	4,705	65,621
#7,112	Villalta	4,704	65,635
#7,113	Rusch	4,703	65,649

Who is named Friel

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

94% of people named Friel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Friels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna Friel
British actress, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Friel

Friel has the Soundex code F640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F640.

Questions

How common is the surname Friel?: 4,703 people in the United States had the surname Friel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,649 Americans. It ranked 7,113th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Friel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Friel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Friel?: Anna Friel, British actress.
Where is the surname Friel most common?: Wikidata records people named Friel in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Friel getting more or less common?: More common. 4,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,703 in 2010, up 3.2%.