Frier
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Different form of Freer
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈfɹaɪɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Frier is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 174K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 233K
- DKDenmark1 in 40K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 224 (measured from records)
- 1 in 40K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Different form of Freer.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Frier 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 224K | — | Frier | 1 |
| US United States | 1,427 | 1 in 233K | 1.4K | Frier | 224 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Frier | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 174K | — | Frier | 88 |
| FR France | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 266K | 24 | — | 2 |
| DK Denmark | 147 | 1 in 40K | 147 | — | 1 |
| IE Ireland | ≈99 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Frier | 2 |
| CZ Czechia | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 115K | — | Frier | 1 |
| IS Iceland | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 155K | listed | — | — |
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; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Frier is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, first-person singular present passive subjunctive of friō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, singular imperative of frieren
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, suitor
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Helga Frierb. 1893DKactress (1893–1972)
- Bruce W. Frierb. 1943USClassical scholar
- Pierre-Laurent Frierb. 1953FRFrench jurist (1953-2005)
- Nathalie Frierb. 1966FRFrench politician
- Mike Frierb. 1969USAmerican football player (1969-2015)
- Annette Frierb. 1974DEGerman actress and comedian
- Julien Frierb. 1974FRFrench rugby union player
- Howard Frierb. 1976USAmerican basketball player residing in Estonia (born 1976)
- Lena Frier Kristiansenb. 1983DKbadminton player
- Caroline Frierb. 1983DEGerman actress
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 16 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.4K | #19,075 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.4K | #18,473 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,853 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 147 | #3,673 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 40 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 39 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 27 | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Frier mean, and where does it come from?
- Different form of Freer. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Frier?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɹaɪɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Frier?
- In the etymology graph, Fryer is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Frier have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.2 thousand people named Frier in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frier.
- Where is Frier most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Frier is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 40 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Frier?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,427 people named Frier in 2010, about 1 in 233 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Frier?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/frierThe 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, “Frier”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.