Fraser
25,192 people in the United States were counted with the surname Fraser in the 2020 census, making it the 1,383rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 11,900.
By the numbers
- People
- 25,192
- Rank
- 1,383rd
- How common
- 1 in 11,900
- Per 100,000
- 8.4
Where the name comes from
Origin Old French
Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Fraser described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Fraser
- Brendan Fraser (born 1968)Canadian-American actor
- Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015)Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia
- Dawn Fraser (born 1937)Australian swimmer and politician
- Nancy Fraser (born 1947)American philosopher
- Ryan Fraser (born 1994)Scottish association football player
- Laura Fraser (born 1975)Scottish actress
- Neale Fraser (1933–2024)Australian tennis player
- Hugh Fraser (born 1945)English actor and theatre director
People named Fraser with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Fraser
Also a first name
Fraser has been given to 551 American babies as a first name since 1915, peaking in 2024. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.