Explore the Family Name Fritch

The meaning of Fritch

Americanized form of German Fritsch, a shortened form of the personal name Friedrich, and of its Czech and Slovak cognate Frič (see Frick 6).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Fritch experienced a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 14,689th in popularity and then fell to 15,259th by 2010, marking a change of -3.88%. However, the number of people with this surname actually increased during this period, moving from 1,856 in 2000 to 1,926 in 2010, representing an increase of 3.77%. In terms of proportion per 100,000, it decreased slightly from 0.69 in 2000 to 0.65 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,689	#15,259	-3.88%
Count	1,856	1,926	3.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.69	0.65	-5.8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fritch

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census showed that those bearing the Fritch surname were overwhelmingly White, comprising 97.09% in 2000 and 95.95% in 2010, despite a small decline of 1.17%. The percentage of individuals identifying as Black increased significantly from 0.27% in 2000 to 0.62% in 2010, showing a remarkable growth of 129.63%. Those identifying as Hispanic also saw an increase from 0.86% in 2000 to 1.09% in 2010. Interestingly, there was no data available for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, compared to 0.32% for each group in 2000. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying with two or more races rose by over half from 1.13% in 2000 to 1.71% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.09%	95.95%	-1.17%
Two or More Races	1.13%	1.71%	51.33%
Hispanic	0.86%	1.09%	26.74%
Black	0.27%	0.62%	129.63%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.32%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.32%	0%	0%