How common is the surname Fryer?

7,524 people in the United States had the surname Fryer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,035 Americans. It ranked 4,714th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fryer?

Roland G. Fryer, Jr., American economist, followed by John E. Fryer.

Where is the surname Fryer most common?

Wikidata records people named Fryer in the United States.

Is the surname Fryer getting more or less common?

More common. 7,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,524 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Fryer

An occupational surname, carried by 7,524 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). Fryer is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

From friar.

Fryer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,524 people named Fryer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,035 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,506.

#4,714

rank among US surnames

7,524

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,373)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,708	Holloman	7,536	40,969
#4,710	Hazen	7,532	40,991
#4,711	Laporte	7,528	41,013
#4,714	Ehlers	7,524	41,035

Who is named Fryer

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

78% of people named Fryer identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fryers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roland G. Fryer, Jr.
American economist, born 1977
John E. Fryer
American psychiatrist and gay rights activist (1938–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fryer

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

Questions

Where does the surname Fryer come from?: From friar.
How common is the surname Fryer?: 7,524 people in the United States had the surname Fryer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,035 Americans. It ranked 4,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fryer?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Fryer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fryer?: Roland G. Fryer, Jr., American economist, followed by John E. Fryer.
Where is the surname Fryer most common?: Wikidata records people named Fryer in the United States.
What type of surname is Fryer?: Fryer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fryer getting more or less common?: More common. 7,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,524 in 2010, up 0.2%.