How common is the surname Frith?

3,604 people in the United States had the surname Frith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,667 Americans. It ranked 9,068th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Frith getting more or less common?

More common. 3,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,604 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Frith

A surname, carried by 3,604 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frith is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Firth.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,604 people named Frith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,667 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,384.

#9,068

rank among US surnames

3,604

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,899)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,061	Snavely	3,607	85,596
#9,064	Persons	3,606	85,620
#9,066	Lindo	3,605	85,644
#9,068	Frith	3,604	85,667
#9,073	Roan	3,603	85,691
#9,074	McElwee	3,602	85,715

Who is named Frith

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

78% of people named Frith identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frith

Frith has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

Questions

Where does the surname Frith come from?: English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Firth.
How common is the surname Frith?: 3,604 people in the United States had the surname Frith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,667 Americans. It ranked 9,068th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frith?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Frith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Frith getting more or less common?: More common. 3,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,604 in 2010, up 6.5%.