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    The surname Frigo

    An Italian surname, carried by 849 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

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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). Frigo is more common than 82.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Frigo, from a short form of the personal name Federico. * Americanized spelling of French Frigault.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 849 people named Frigo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 363,658 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 888.

    #28,176
    rank among US surnames
    849
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,969)

    Who is named Frigo

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

    92% of people named Frigo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Frigo

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Frigo come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Frigo, from a short form of the personal name Federico. * Americanized spelling of French Frigault.
    How common is the surname Frigo?
    849 people in the United States had the surname Frigo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 363,658 Americans. It ranked 28,176th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Frigo?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Frigo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Frigo getting more or less common?
    Less common. 888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 849 in 2010, down 4.4%.