# Friend (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/friend/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the common noun.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,635 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,041 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,508 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (17,312 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Friend 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Friend in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Friend

- Rupert Friend, British actor
- James Friend, British cinematographer
- Hugo Friend, American judge (1882–1966)

## Similar surnames

Freund, Forehand, Frantz, Ferrante, Fiorentino, Frandsen, Farrand, Ferranti, Frenette, Foronda.

## 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.