Frings
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in German: Patronymic from Fri(e)ns < Severinus (lat. severus ‘streng’); shows rhein. Velarisierung n > ng. Bearer count: 2116
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fʁɪŋs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Frings is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- NLNetherlands
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymic from Fri(e)ns < Severinus (lat. severus ‘streng’); shows rhein. Velarisierung n > ng. Bearer count: 2116.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Frings is read(measured from records)
Frings is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German68%
Patronymic from Fri(e)ns < Severinus (lat. severus ‘streng’); shows rhein. Velarisierung n > ng. Bearer count: 2116.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
a surname of Rhenish origin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Varianz n/ng in Patronymen und proklitischen Präpositionen; n~ng-Wechsel.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Namengruppe mit Konsonantenvariation im Anlaut (F/K/B/R); 2116 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Rezent in NL/BE belegt; Variante zum Severin-/n-ng-Komplex.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
- English20%
A combined portion of fries and onion rings.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Heinrich Fringsb. 1885DEGerman judge (1885-1946)
- Theodor Fringsb. 1886DEGerman teacher, writer and linguist (1886-1968)
- Josef Fringsb. 1887DEarchbishop and cardinal from Germany
- Alfons Fringsb. 1893DEGerman politician (1893–1968)
- Ketti Fringsb. 1909USAmerican dramatist and screenwriter (1909–1981)
- Hubert Fringsb. 1914USAmerican zoologist (1914-2008)
- Matthias Fringsb. 1953DEGerman journalist, writer and television presenter
- Ender Fringsb. 1958German actor, director, and cinematographer
- Marcus Fringsb. 1964DEGerman art historian and university teacher
- Torsten Fringsb. 1976DEGerman association football player and manager
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 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 368 | #5,505 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 201 | #96,965 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 196 | #88,083 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 191 | #95,545 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 120 | #13,411 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 19 | #86,409 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 18 | #39,486 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 6 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 4 | #138,073 |
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
- What does the name Frings mean, and where does it come from?
- Patronymic from Fri(e)ns < Severinus (lat. severus ‘streng’); shows rhein. Velarisierung n > ng. Bearer count: 2116. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
- How do you pronounce Frings?
- A machine transcription gives /fʁɪŋs/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Frings have the most bearers?
- Frings is most frequently recorded in Germany.
What do you want to know about Frings?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fringsThe 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, “Frings”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.