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    The surname Froehlich

    A surname, carried by 4,504 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F642

    Froehlich: #7,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Froehlich #7,392, 4,504 people Froehlich: #7,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Froehlich #7,392, 4,504 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Froehlich is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,504 people named Froehlich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,549 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,338.

    #7,392
    rank among US surnames
    4,504
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,103)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,387Findlay4,50968,473
    #7,390Kulkarni4,50668,519
    #7,391Morfin4,50568,534
    #7,392Froehlich4,50468,549

    Who is named Froehlich

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

    96% of people named Froehlich identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Froehlichs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eric Froehlich
      American poker player, born 1984
    • Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
      Brazilian zoologist (1928-2015)

    Notable Froehlichs come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Froehlich

    Froehlich has the Soundex code F642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F642.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Froehlich?
    4,504 people in the United States had the surname Froehlich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,549 Americans. It ranked 7,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Froehlich?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Froehlich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Froehlich?
    Eric Froehlich, American poker player, followed by Eudóxia Maria Froehlich.
    Where is the surname Froehlich most common?
    Wikidata records people named Froehlich in the United States and Brazil.
    Is the surname Froehlich getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,504 in 2010, up 3.8%.