How common is the surname Friend?

17,635 people in the United States had the surname Friend in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,508 Americans. It ranked 2,041st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Friend?

Rupert Friend, British actor, followed by James Friend.

Where is the surname Friend most common?

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

Is the surname Friend getting more or less common?

More common. 17,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,635 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Friend

A surname, carried by 17,635 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friend is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,635 people named Friend in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,508 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,312.

#2,041

rank among US surnames

17,635

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,908)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,032	Keene	17,711	17,432
#2,033	Shearer	17,707	17,436
#2,035	Cerda	17,703	17,440
#2,036	Lo	17,687	17,456
#2,037	Marcus	17,671	17,472
#2,038	Crain	17,650	17,493
#2,039	Cagle	17,647	17,496

Who is named Friend

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

86% of people named Friend identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Friends

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rupert Friend
British actor, born 1981
James Friend
British cinematographer, born 1985
Hugo Friend
American judge (1882–1966)

Notable Friends come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Friend

Friend has the Soundex code F653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F653.

Questions

Where does the surname Friend come from?: English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.
How common is the surname Friend?: 17,635 people in the United States had the surname Friend in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,508 Americans. It ranked 2,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Friend?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Friend identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Friend?: Rupert Friend, British actor, followed by James Friend.
Where is the surname Friend most common?: Wikidata records people named Friend in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Friend getting more or less common?: More common. 17,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,635 in 2010, up 1.9%.