# Fries (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,540 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,150 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,153 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (8,357 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹiːz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fries 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fries in the United States.

## People named Fries

- Otto Fries, actor (1887-1938)

## Similar surnames

Farris, Ferris, Frias, Farias, Freese, Faris, Fierros, Friese, Frese, Freas, Frase, Friess.

## 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.