Find out how popular the last name Frerichs is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Frerichs.

Frerichs, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Frerichs surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Frerichs in America

Frerichs is the 12180th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Frerichs surname appeared 2,559 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Frerichs.

We can also compare 2010 data for Frerichs to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Frerichs

The surname Frerichs is of German origin and can be traced back to the 13th century. It is derived from the Old German personal name Friedrich, which is composed of the elements "frid" meaning peace and "ric" meaning power or ruler.

The earliest known record of the surname Frerichs dates back to 1275 in the city of Hamburg, where a man named Johann Frerichs is mentioned in a document related to a land transaction. This suggests that the name was prevalent in northern Germany during the medieval period.

In the 15th century, the name Frerichs appeared in various records across the German states, particularly in the regions of Saxony and Brandenburg. One notable reference is found in the Nuremberg Chronicle, a 16th-century illustrated world history book, where a person named Hans Frerichs is mentioned as a prominent merchant in the city of Leipzig.

The surname Frerichs is closely associated with the town of Frerichs in Lower Saxony, which likely took its name from an early bearer of the surname. This town is first mentioned in a document from 1412, suggesting that the Frerichs family had already established itself in the area by that time.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Frerichs was Johann Frerichs, a 16th-century Protestant theologian and reformer from Saxony. He was born in 1504 and played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation movement in Germany.

Another notable figure was Christoph Frerichs, a 17th-century German composer and organist who was born in 1625 in the city of Halle. He is known for his contributions to the development of church music during the Baroque period.

In the 18th century, Johann Friedrich Frerichs, born in 1737 in Hanover, was a renowned mathematician and astronomer. He made significant contributions to the fields of celestial mechanics and the calculation of planetary orbits.

In the 19th century, Friedrich Theodor Frerichs, born in 1819 in Aurich, was a prominent German physician and pathologist. He is considered one of the founders of modern clinical medicine and played a pivotal role in the development of nephrology, the study of kidney diseases.

Lastly, one of the most recent notable individuals with the surname Frerichs was Rudolf Frerichs, a German politician and member of the Bundestag (German parliament) who was born in 1907 and served as a member of the Christian Democratic Union party.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Frerichs

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Frerichs.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Frerichs was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Frerichs has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Frerichs was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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