How common is the surname Fromm?

3,105 people in the United States had the surname Fromm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,435 Americans. It ranked 10,377th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fromm?

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

Who is the most famous person named Fromm?

Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, American German-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst.

Where is the surname Fromm most common?

Wikidata records people named Fromm in Germany.

Is the surname Fromm getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,105 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Fromm

A surname, carried by 3,105 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fromm is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

From the German and Jewish surname, from fromm (“pious”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,105 people named Fromm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,435 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,128.

#10,377

rank among US surnames

3,105

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,531)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,371	Jiminez	3,108	99,339
#10,372	Fasano	3,107	99,371
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403
#10,377	Fromm	3,105	99,435
#10,380	Hosier	3,104	99,467
#10,382	Donohoe	3,103	99,499

Who is named Fromm

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

95% of people named Fromm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fromms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
American German-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst, 1889–1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fromm

Frum

Fromm has the Soundex code F650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F650.

Questions

Where does the surname Fromm come from?: From the German and Jewish surname, from fromm (“pious”).
How common is the surname Fromm?: 3,105 people in the United States had the surname Fromm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,435 Americans. It ranked 10,377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fromm?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fromm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fromm?: Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, American German-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst.
Where is the surname Fromm most common?: Wikidata records people named Fromm in Germany.
Is the surname Fromm getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,105 in 2010, down 0.7%.