# Frizzell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/frizzell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,840 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,907 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,867 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (5,861 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Frizell |

## Etymology

* As an English and Irish surname, from Old French frisel (“ribbon, tassel, fringe”), a nickname for someone with an ornate style of dress; see frise (“border, frieze”). * As a Scottish surname, from Anglo-Norman fresel (“strawberry”) (see fraise). * Also as a Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Friseal, a Gaelicized form of Fraser.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Frizzell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Frizzell in the United States.

## People named Frizzell

- Lefty Frizzell, American country singer-songwriter (1928–1975)
- John Frizzell, American composer

## Similar surnames

Fairchild, Faircloth, Fairclough, Fragale, Freckleton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.