How common is the surname Frum?

433 people in the United States had the surname Frum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 713,038 Americans. It ranked 48,717th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frum?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Frum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frum?

David Frum, American political commentator.

Where is the surname Frum most common?

Wikidata records people named Frum in the United States.

Is the surname Frum getting more or less common?

Less common. 612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 433 in 2010, down 29%.

The surname Frum

A Yiddish surname, carried by 433 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). Frum is more common than 70% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”) * As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 433 people named Frum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 713,038 Americans. That is down 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 612.

#48,717

rank among US surnames

433

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-29.2%

change since 2000 (was #34,904)

Who is named Frum

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

93% of people named Frum identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frums

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Frum
American political commentator, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

From
Fromm
Fromme

Surnames that sound like Frum

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

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Frum come from?: * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”) * As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.
How common is the surname Frum?: 433 people in the United States had the surname Frum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 713,038 Americans. It ranked 48,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frum?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Frum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frum?: David Frum, American political commentator.
Where is the surname Frum most common?: Wikidata records people named Frum in the United States.
Is the surname Frum getting more or less common?: Less common. 612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 433 in 2010, down 29%.
What are other spellings of Frum?: From, Fromm and Fromme.