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    The surname Fries

    A surname, carried by 8,540 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈfɹiːz/ 1 syllable Soundex F620

    Fries: #4,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fries #4,150, 8,540 people Fries: #4,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fries #4,150, 8,540 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fries is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,540 people named Fries in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,153 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,357.

    #4,150
    rank among US surnames
    8,540
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,913)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,141Heinrich8,55236,102
    #4,142Vetter8,55036,111
    #4,143Meneses8,54836,119
    #4,145Trice8,54636,127
    #4,146McCallister8,54536,132
    #4,147Koss8,54436,136
    #4,149Burley8,54236,144

    Who is named Fries

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

    94% of people named Fries identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Friess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Otto Fries
      Actor (1887-1938)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fries

    Fries has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fries come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Fries?
    8,540 people in the United States had the surname Fries in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,153 Americans. It ranked 4,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fries?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fries identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Fries?
    Otto Fries, actor (1887-1938).
    Where is the surname Fries most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fries in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Fries?
    Fries is /ˈfɹiːz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Fries getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,540 in 2010, up 2.2%.