Fries is used as a family name or surname in Germany, Denmark. It is 5 characters long in length.
The variant form of the Friesen. One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.
One who came from Frisia, in northern Germany.
How popular is Fries?
Fries is common in Germany, United States, Switzerland, Brazil, France, Canada, Austria, Sweden, South Africa, Denmark, Belgium, Argentina, Netherlands.
Fries is ranked 16072 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Fries bearers increased by 2.19 per cent in 2010 US census to 8540 since 2000, the surname slipped by 237 spots and ranked at 4150. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
---|---|---|
White | 94.04 | 96.1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2.72 | 1.45 |
Others | 1.26 | 0.74 |
Black | 1.07 | 0.95 |
Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 0.67 | 0.47 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.25 | 0.3 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Agnesa Fries was 27 years old when she migrated to USA on June 18, 1852. She lived in Hessen and took Dewitt Clinton from Rotterdam. Dorothea Fries, aged 8 months old, Elisabetha Fries (56) Farmer, 32 years old Heinrich Fries, 3 years old Jacob Fries, Merchant John Fries, 26 years old Balthasar Fries, Johann Fries, aged 17, 4 years old Barbara Fries, and 646 other Fries around 48.22% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and baker, laborer, tailor, farmer and mechanic, cooper, musician, carpenter, weaver, mason, boot &, shoe maker, daughter, clerk, cigar maker, spinster, miller, servant, butcher, engineer, gardener, seaman, joiner, shoemaker, smith, painter migrated to US from Rotterdam, London, Liverpool and Havre.
Fries Namesakes
- John Fries, Pennsylvania auctioneer
- Jan Fries, German occultist and "freestyle" shaman
- Adelaide Fries, foremost scholar of the history and genealogy of the Moravians
- Ed Fries, American video game programmer and entrepreneur
- Hans Fries, Swiss painter before the Reformation
- Elias Magnus Fries, scientist
- Jakob Friedrich Fries, German post-Kantian philosopher
- Karl Theophil Fries, German chemist
- Regular Fries, were an English electronica/rock group
- Frank W. Fries, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- George Fries, physician and a two-term U.S. Representative
- Otto Fries, American film actor
Fries Namesakes
- John Fries, Pennsylvania auctioneer
- Jan Fries, German occultist and "freestyle" shaman
- Adelaide Fries, foremost scholar of the history and genealogy of the Moravians
- Ed Fries, American video game programmer and entrepreneur
- Hans Fries, Swiss painter before the Reformation
- Elias Magnus Fries, scientist
- Jakob Friedrich Fries, German post-Kantian philosopher
- Karl Theophil Fries, German chemist
- Regular Fries, were an English electronica/rock group
- Frank W. Fries, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- George Fries, physician and a two-term U.S. Representative
- Otto Fries, American film actor
Related Family Names:
- Frias (Spain)
- Frías
- Fricks (United States)
- Friebus
- Friedes
- Friedrichs (United States)
- Frielinghaus
- Friels
- Fries (Germany, Denmark)
- Friess (France)