Explore the Family Name Frohman

The meaning of Frohman

Americanized form of German Frohmann: variant of Frommann, itself a variant of Fromm 1, with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’, or alternatively an assimilated form of Fronmann, a status name for someone in the service or retinue of a feudal lord, from Old High German frōn ‘lord, master’ + man ‘man, follower’. Compare Froman.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Frohman has seen a slight decline in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 42,529 to 44,034, a change of -3.54%. However, despite this drop in rank, the actual number of individuals with the Frohman surname increased by 1.88% over the same time period, growing from 480 to 489. The proportion of individuals with the Frohman surname per 100,000 people also decreased by -5.56%, going from 0.18 to 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,529	#44,034	-3.54%
Count	480	489	1.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Frohman

Turning to the ethnicity associated with the Frohman surname, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority identify as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 94.58% in 2000 to 93.25% in 2010. There was an increase in the percentage identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.25% in 2000 to 2.86% in 2010, a significant change of 128.80%. Those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native fell to 0.00% in 2010 from a previous 1.46%. People identifying with two or more ethnicities were reported for the first time in 2010 at 2.45%. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.58%	93.25%	-1.41%
Hispanic	1.25%	2.86%	128.8%
Two or More Races	0%	2.45%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.67%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.46%	0%	-100%