Explore the Family Name Frieson

The meaning of Frieson

Altered form of German Friesen.

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How common is the last name Frieson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Frieson saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was the 29,261st most popular surname in the United States and dropped to the 30,390th rank in 2010, marking a change of -3.86 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people bearing the surname Frieson increased slightly from 762 in 2000 to 769 in 2010, a growth of 0.92 percent. However, when considering the proportion of people with the surname Frieson per 100,000 individuals, there was a decrease of -7.14 percent over that decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,261	#30,390	-3.86%
Count	762	769	0.92%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.26	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Frieson

In terms of ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the ethnicity distribution for the surname Frieson experienced some changes from 2000 to 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as Black, at 84.38 percent in 2000 and 82.44 percent in 2010, reflecting a slight decrease of -2.30 percent. There was no recorded change among those who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native. Individuals identifying as White decreased by -18.06 percent while those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 39.91 percent. The largest change occurred among those identifying with two or more ethnicities, which jumped from 2.36 percent in 2000 to 5.07 percent in 2010, marking a significant increase of 114.83 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	84.38%	82.44%	-2.3%
White	10.63%	8.71%	-18.06%
Two or More Races	2.36%	5.07%	114.83%
Hispanic	2.23%	3.12%	39.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%