# Frye (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/frye/  
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) | 36,973 |
| US rank (2010) | 937 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,351 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (36,716 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Frye 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Frye in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Frye

- Channing Frye, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Richard N. Frye, American historian (1920–2014)
- Dwight Frye, actor (1899-1943)
- Soleil Moon Frye, American actress, director, screenwriter (born 1976)
- Don Frye, American mixed martial artist
- Wayne Frye, American rower (1930–2014)
- William P. Frye, American politician from Maine (1830–1911)
- Walter Frye, British composer
- Sean Frye, American actor

## Similar surnames

Fry, Frey, Free, Fore, Frei, Fray, Frew, Fury, Frueh, Farr, Fair, Fierro.

## 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.