How common is the surname Frohlich?

1,027 people in the United States had the surname Frohlich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frohlich?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frohlich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frohlich?

Katharina Fröhlich, Austrian philanthropist and patron of the arts (1800–1879).

Is the surname Frohlich getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 6.5%.

The surname Frohlich

A German surname, carried by 1,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F642

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frohlich is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Fröhlich.

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 1,027 people named Frohlich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. That is down 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.

#24,388

rank among US surnames

1,027

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,011)

Who is named Frohlich

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

95% of people named Frohlich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frohlichs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katharina Fröhlich
Austrian philanthropist and patron of the arts (1800–1879)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frohlich

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Frohlich come from?: Borrowed from German Fröhlich.
How common is the surname Frohlich?: 1,027 people in the United States had the surname Frohlich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frohlich?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frohlich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frohlich?: Katharina Fröhlich, Austrian philanthropist and patron of the arts (1800–1879).
Is the surname Frohlich getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 6.5%.