The Frauenfelder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 135 people carried this name — #126,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 15% from 117 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
563 people named Frauenfelder live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Frauenfelder.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Frauenfelder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Frauenfelder 1922–2022 · physicist -
Hans Frauenfelder 1922–2022 · physicist
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Eduard Frauenfelder 1836–1917 · pastor
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Emil Frauenfelder 1850–1929 · politician
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Hendrik Frauenfelder 1885–1922 · painter
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Les Frauenfelder 1888–1955 · Australian rules football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frauenfelder.
- Frati 198 · U.S. census
- Fraticelli 762 · U.S. census
- Fratini 244 · U.S. census
- Fratoni 122 · U.S. census
- Fratta 158 · U.S. census
- Frattini 318 · U.S. census
- Fray 2,066 · U.S. census
- Frayer 1,013 · U.S. census
- Frazier 92,152 · U.S. census
- Frech 1,040 · U.S. census
- Frede 384 · U.S. census
- Frederic 1,222 · U.S. census
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