How common is the surname Frye?

36,973 people in the United States had the surname Frye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,351 Americans. It ranked 937th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Frye?

Channing Frye, American basketball player (born 1983), followed by Richard N. Frye.

Where is the surname Frye most common?

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

Is the surname Frye getting more or less common?

More common. 36,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,973 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Frye

A surname, carried by 36,973 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frye is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 36,973 people named Frye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,351 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 36,716.

#937

rank among US surnames

36,973

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #862)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#928	Mullen	37,502	8,233
#929	Xiong	37,499	8,233
#930	Hayden	37,451	8,244
#931	Cano	37,368	8,262
#932	Levy	37,228	8,293
#933	Huber	37,170	8,306
#934	Richmond	37,053	8,333

Who is named Frye

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

83% of people named Frye identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fryes

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1965
Wayne Frye
American rower (1930–2014)
William P. Frye
American politician from Maine (1830–1911)
Walter Frye
British composer, 1401–1474
Sean Frye
American actor, born 1966

Notable Fryes come mostly from the United States (8) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frye

Frye has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

How common is the surname Frye?: 36,973 people in the United States had the surname Frye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,351 Americans. It ranked 937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frye?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Frye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Frye?: Channing Frye, American basketball player (born 1983), followed by Richard N. Frye.
Where is the surname Frye most common?: Wikidata records people named Frye in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Frye getting more or less common?: More common. 36,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,973 in 2010, up 0.7%.