Fric

surname · Latin script

Meaning: dosh, dough, bread (money)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fɹɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Fric is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SISlovenia1 in 6.3K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 9.7K
  • CZCzechia1 in 21K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Slovakia (measured from records)

559 people, 1995

Sources
52 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Frič in SK Slovakia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

dosh, dough, bread (money)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fric counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fric is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SK Slovakia#7185591 in 9.7K559Frič32
CZ Czechia#9695191 in 21K519Fric52
SI Slovenia—3341 in 6.3K334——
FR France—≈190 est.≈1 in 360K24——
HR Croatia—981 in 43K98——

559 people counted by JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census), 1995. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fric is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain

    Also written Frič

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Frič, Frić

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Friĉ, Frič

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Frič

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Frič, Friç

  • Slovenian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovenia

    Also written Frič

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Josef Václav Frič, b. 1829Antonín Frič, b. 1832Karl Fritsch, b. 1864Alberto Vojtěch Frič, b. 1882Willy Fritsch, b. 1901Martin Frič, b. 1902Karl Fritzsch, b. 1903Ivan Vojtech Frič, b. 1922Johannes Fritzsch, b. 1960Georg Fritzsch, b. 1963
  • Josef Václav Fričb. 1829CZCzech poet, playwright, publicist, politician and writer (1829-1890)
  • Antonín Fričb. 1832CZCzech geologist and paleontologist (1832–1913)
  • Karl Fritschb. 1864ATnot in their usual nameAustrian botanist (1864-1934)
  • Alberto Vojtěch Fričb. 1882CZCzech botanist, traveller, ethnographer, photographer and writer (1882–1944)
  • Willy Fritschb. 1901DEnot in their usual nameGerman-Silesian actor (1901-1973)
  • Martin Fričb. 1902CZCzech film director, screenwriter and actor (1902–1968)
  • Karl Fritzschb. 1903DEnot in their usual nameSS officer (1903-1945)
  • Ivan Vojtech Fričb. 1922CZCzech cinematographer and film editor (1922–2001)
  • Johannes Fritzschb. 1960DEnot in their usual nameGerman conductor
  • Georg Fritzschb. 1963DEnot in their usual nameGerman conductor and university teacher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Fric,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Fric
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—406#3,862
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—405#3,464
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—334#1,112
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202198#8,036
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202194—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195166—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192153—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193144—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190140—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198134—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fric mean, and where does it come from?
dosh, dough, bread (money) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Fric?
A machine transcription gives /fɹɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Fric have the most bearers?
In Slovakia, the national register counted about 559 people named Fric, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frič.
Where is Fric most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fric is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 6.3 thousand people — even though Slovakia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Fric?
In Slovakia, the national register counted 559 people named Fric in 1995, about 1 in 9.7 thousand residents.
How common is Fric compared with other names?
In Slovakia, Fric is the 718th most common surname of 69,668 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fric” — the 718th most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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