# Fry (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 38,029 |
| US rank (2010) | 909 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,119 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (37,542 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɹaɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fry in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fry in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and South Africa.

## People named Fry

- Stephen Fry, British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
- Lucy Fry, Australian actress
- Shirley Fry, American tennis and badminton player (1927–2021)
- Varian Fry, American journalist (1907-1967)
- Nick Fry, British businessman
- Arthur Fry, American inventor
- Jordan Fry, American actor
- Maxwell Fry, British architect (1899-1987)
- Taylor Fry, American actress
- Lyndsey Fry, American ice hockey player
- Russell Fry, American politician (born 1985)
- Daniel Fry, American ufologist, poet, writer (1908–1992)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Frey, Fray, Fury, Frye, Farr, Fair, Fierro, Farrow, Ferry, Free, Fiore, Furr.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.