Frederick

At the 2020 census, 39,331 Americans bore the surname Frederick — 863rd out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 7,600.

By the numbers

People: 39,331
Rank: 863rd
How common: 1 in 7,600
Per 100,000: 13.2

Where the name comes from

From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Frederick described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 77.2%
Black, not Hispanic 13.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Frederick

Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1700–1739)Swedish Prince
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612)eldest son and heir apparent of James VI and I
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546–1608)Elector of Brandenburg
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1625–1679)Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582–1628)Duke of Württemberg
Pauline Frederick (1883–1938)American actress
Francis Frederick (1907–1968)American rower
Lynne Frederick (1954–1994)British actress

People named Frederick with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Frederick

Also a first name

Frederick has been given to 267,165 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1951. 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.