Friedrichs
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymic surname from Friedrich; the page says Luxembourg has it in the cluster of Friedrich spellings
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/fʁɪdʁɪçs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Friedrichs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 8.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 242K
- JOJordan≈1 in 48K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 166 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymic surname from Friedrich; the page says Luxembourg has it in the cluster of Friedrich spellings. Counts: 5.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Friedrichs 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #738 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | — | Friedrichs | 145 |
| US United States | — | 1,375 | 1 in 242K | 1.4K | Friedrichs | 166 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 212K | — | Friedrichs | 11 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Friedrichs | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 321K | — | Friedrichs | 26 |
| CU Cuba | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Friedrichs | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 97 | 1 in 178K | 97 | Friedrichs | 15 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 175K | listed | — | 4 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Friedrichs is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Friedrich; Genitiv-/Besitzform, ca. 21692 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Genitiv-/Patronymform auf -s zu Friedrich; v. a. in Ostfriesland. 9 Types/6836 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Genitivischer Familienname zu Rufname Friedrich; 21692 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymische Bildung zu Friedrich mit -s; 6836 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, patronymisch zu Friedrich
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Josephina Friedrichsb. 1778FR(1780-1824)
- Fritz Friedrichsb. 1882DEGerman painter (1882-1928)
- Rudolf Friedrichsb. 1892DEGerman politician (1892-1947)
- Helmuth Friedrichsb. 1899DEGerman politician (1899-1945)
- Kurt Friedrichsb. 1901DEGerman-American mathematician (1901–1982)
- Adolf Friedrichsb. 1914DEGerman navy officer and world war II submarine commander
- Hanns Joachim Friedrichsb. 1927DEGerman journalist (1927-1995)
- George Friedrichsb. 1940USsailor
- Paul Friedrichsb. 1940DEEast German motorcycle racer (1940–2012)
- Susanna Friedrichsb. 1998USAmerican soccer player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #19,379 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,614 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #18,781 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 97 | #19,498 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Friedrichs come from?
- Patronymic surname from Friedrich; the page says Luxembourg has it in the cluster of Friedrich spellings. Counts: 5. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Friedrichs?
- A machine transcription gives /fʁɪdʁɪçs/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Friedrichs mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymic surname from Friedrich; the page says Luxembourg has it in the cluster of Friedrich spellings.
- In which country does Friedrichs have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.1 thousand people named Friedrichs in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled friedrichs.
- How common is the name Friedrichs?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,375 people named Friedrichs in 2010, about 1 in 242 thousand residents.
- How common is Friedrichs compared with other names?
- In Germany, Friedrichs is the 738th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Friedrichs?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/friedrichsThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Friedrichs” — the 738th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.