Explore the Family Name Fruhling

The meaning of Fruhling

1. German (Frühling): nickname from Middle High German vrüelinc ‘spring’, in some cases for an early-born child. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic; Frühling): from German Frühling ‘spring’ (from früh ‘early’ + the suffix -ling denoting affiliation; see also 1 above). It may be an artificial name, or it may be one of the surnames that were distributed at random by government officials. Compare Fruehling and Freehling.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Fruhling has shown a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 67,936 in popularity and increased to 70,403 by 2010, marking a -3.63% change. Despite this shift in rank, the count of individuals with the Fruhling surname has increased slightly from 271 in 2000 to 278 in 2010, a growth rate of 2.58%. However, the proportion per 100k people dropped by 10% over the same period, from 0.1 to 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#67,936	#70,403	-3.63%
Count	271	278	2.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fruhling

The ethnicity associated with the surname Fruhling is predominantly White, as per the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, a staggering 99.63% of people with this surname identified as White, although this figure decreased slightly to 97.84% by 2010. The Fruhling surname does not seem to be associated with other ethnic identities like Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, as these categories all reported a 0.00% association in both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.63%	97.84%	-1.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%