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    The surname Friess

    A surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F620

    Friess: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Friess #22,281, 1,157 people Friess: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Friess #22,281, 1,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friess is more common than 86.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,157 people named Friess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,077.

    #22,281
    rank among US surnames
    1,157
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,322)

    Who is named Friess

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

    97% of people named Friess identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Friess

    Friess 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 Friess?
    1,157 people in the United States had the surname Friess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Friess?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Friess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Friess getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, up 7.4%.