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    The surname Frier

    A surname, carried by 1,427 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F660

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frier is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,427 people named Frier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,380.

    #19,075
    rank among US surnames
    1,427
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,473)

    Who is named Frier

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

    86% of people named Frier identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Friers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Helga Frier
      Actress (1893–1972)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Frier

    Frier has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Frier?
    1,427 people in the United States had the surname Frier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. It ranked 19,075th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Frier?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Frier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Frier?
    Helga Frier, actress (1893–1972).
    Where is the surname Frier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Frier in the Kingdom of Denmark.
    Is the surname Frier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,427 in 2010, up 3.4%.