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

Friedell, 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 Friedell surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Friedell in America

Friedell is the 115034th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Friedell surname appeared 152 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Friedell.

We can also compare 2010 data for Friedell 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 Friedell

The surname Friedell is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German words "fride" meaning peace, and "helle" meaning light or bright. It likely originated in the 14th or 15th century in the German states, possibly in areas such as Bavaria or Saxony.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Friedell can be found in a 16th-century German document from the town of Erfurt, where a certain Hans Friedell is listed as a merchant. There are also records of a Johannes Friedell, a scholar and theologian born in Nuremberg in 1580, who wrote several treatises on religious topics.

In the 17th century, the name appears in various church records and land registries across Germany, indicating that families with this surname were well-established in different regions. One noteworthy individual from this time was Georg Friedell, born in 1645 in Bamberg, who was a prominent jurist and legal scholar.

As the centuries progressed, the Friedell name continued to spread throughout German-speaking areas, with some individuals migrating to other parts of Europe and even to the Americas. In the 19th century, a famous bearer of this surname was the Austrian writer and philosopher Egon Friedell, born in 1878, who authored the influential work "A Cultural History of the Modern Age."

Other notable individuals with the Friedell surname include the German-American philosopher and author Max Friedell (1888-1967), the Austrian-American electrical engineer and inventor Walter Friedell (1897-1995), and the German painter and printmaker Rudolf Friedell (1892-1971).

Throughout its history, the Friedell name has been associated with various professions and fields, from academia and law to the arts and sciences, reflecting the diverse backgrounds and contributions of those who have borne this surname over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Friedell

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

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 Friedell 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 Friedell 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 Friedell was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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