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    The surname Friese

    A surname, carried by 2,457 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F620

    Friese: #12,597 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Friese #12,597, 2,457 people Friese: #12,597 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Friese #12,597, 2,457 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friese is more common than 92.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,457 people named Friese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,660 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,947.

    #12,597
    rank among US surnames
    2,457
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608
    #12,597Rasch2,457125,660
    #12,602Lichtenstein2,456125,711

    Who is named Friese

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

    95% of people named Friese identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Friese

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Friese?
    2,457 people in the United States had the surname Friese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,660 Americans. It ranked 12,597th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Friese?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Friese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Friese getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,457 in 2010, up 26%.