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    The surname Fritsche

    A German surname, carried by 1,807 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F632

    Fritsche: #16,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fritsche #16,049, 1,807 people Fritsche: #16,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fritsche #16,049, 1,807 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fritsche is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Fritsche.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,807 people named Fritsche in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,861 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,795.

    #16,049
    rank among US surnames
    1,807
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,078)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,041Bark1,808170,766
    #16,049Fritsche1,807170,861
    #16,051Reisner1,806170,955

    Who is named Fritsche

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

    96% of people named Fritsche identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Fritcher

    Surnames that sound like Fritsche

    Fritsche has the Soundex code F632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F632.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fritsche come from?
    Borrowed from German Fritsche.
    How common is the surname Fritsche?
    1,807 people in the United States had the surname Fritsche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,861 Americans. It ranked 16,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fritsche?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fritsche identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fritsche getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,807 in 2010, up 0.7%.
    What are other spellings of Fritsche?
    Fritcher.