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    The surname Fruth

    A German surname, carried by 866 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F630

    Fruth: #27,756 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fruth #27,756, 866 people Fruth: #27,756 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fruth #27,756, 866 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fruth is more common than 82.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    German surname, from Middle High German vruot (“wise, astute”), from Old High German fruot (“learned”). Compare Fruit.

    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 866 people named Fruth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 356,519 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 963.

    #27,756
    rank among US surnames
    866
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,368)

    Who is named Fruth

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

    97% of people named Fruth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fruth

    Fruth has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fruth come from?
    German surname, from Middle High German vruot (“wise, astute”), from Old High German fruot (“learned”). Compare Fruit.
    How common is the surname Fruth?
    866 people in the United States had the surname Fruth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 356,519 Americans. It ranked 27,756th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fruth?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Fruth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fruth getting more or less common?
    Less common. 963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 866 in 2010, down 10%.