How common is the surname Frizzell?

5,840 people in the United States had the surname Frizzell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,867 Americans. It ranked 5,907th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Frizzell?

Lefty Frizzell, American country singer-songwriter (1928–1975), followed by John Frizzell.

Where is the surname Frizzell most common?

Wikidata records people named Frizzell in the United States.

Is the surname Frizzell getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,840 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Frizzell

A French nickname surname, carried by 5,840 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frizzell is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

* 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.

Frizzell is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,840 people named Frizzell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,867 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,861.

#5,907

rank among US surnames

5,840

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,458)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,903	Gudino	5,847	52,804
#5,905	Seale	5,846	52,813
#5,906	Stackhouse	5,844	52,831
#5,907	Frizzell	5,840	52,867
#5,908	Mincey	5,839	52,876

Who is named Frizzell

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

92% of people named Frizzell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frizzells

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lefty Frizzell
American country singer-songwriter (1928–1975)
John Frizzell
American composer, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Frizell

Frizzell has the Soundex code F624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F624.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Frizzell come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Frizzell?: 5,840 people in the United States had the surname Frizzell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,867 Americans. It ranked 5,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frizzell?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Frizzell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Frizzell?: Lefty Frizzell, American country singer-songwriter (1928–1975), followed by John Frizzell.
Where is the surname Frizzell most common?: Wikidata records people named Frizzell in the United States.
What type of surname is Frizzell?: Frizzell is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Frizzell getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,840 in 2010, down 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Frizzell?: Frizell.