How common is the surname Fryar?

2,887 people in the United States had the surname Fryar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. It ranked 11,016th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fryar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,887 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Fryar

A surname, carried by 2,887 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fryar is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,887 people named Fryar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,772.

#11,016

rank among US surnames

2,887

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,609)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,007	Hipolito	2,890	106,832
#11,010	Guardiola	2,889	106,869
#11,013	Gatti	2,888	106,906
#11,016	Juneau	2,887	106,943
#11,021	Bourassa	2,886	106,980
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018

Who is named Fryar

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

65% of people named Fryar identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fryar

Fryar has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

Questions

How common is the surname Fryar?: 2,887 people in the United States had the surname Fryar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. It ranked 11,016th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fryar?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Fryar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fryar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,887 in 2010, up 4.1%.