The Frazer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,743 people carried this name — #4,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,547 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Frazer surname

A Scottish and Irish surname from Old French, variant of Fraser.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Frazer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 41 births for the Frazer name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Fraser. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin, Antrim, and Down.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 21
Leinster 8
Connacht 7
Munster 5

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 37 people named Frazer live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 24
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Frazer in American newspapers,
1898–1922.

Newspaper page from Vorwärts carrying the name Frazer
Vorwärts 1898-04-24
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Frazer
The Evening World 1922-05-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 165,008 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Frazer in Australian newspapers,
1810s–2000s.

66,696 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Frazer. The most, 13,058, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 27,589
Victoria 15,249
Queensland 10,313
Western Australia 6,327
South Australia 4,406
Tasmania 2,439
ACT (Canberra) 214
Northern Territory 57

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Frazer.

Who carried it

People named Frazer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William C. Frazer
    William C. Frazer 1776–1838 · judge
  • Augustus Simon Frazer
    Augustus Simon Frazer 1776–1835 · military personnel
  • Simon Frazer d. 1777
  • Harriette Frazer d. 1919
  • Mary Ann Frazer d. 1926
  • Ivory Frazer d. 1913

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Frazer,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,578 records

1,578 records of the Frazer name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 586
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 347
  • Other U.S. records 645
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul F. Frazer

    Born 1915 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Harrisburg; hotel manager. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kenneth Charles Frazer

    Born 1945; from Chester, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Duc, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Frazer

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool, aged 29; laborer. From Glasgow, Scotland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,578 records for Frazer in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia1,585 records

1,585 records of the Frazer name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 865
  • Tasmanian Names Index 248
  • Other Australian records 472
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Johanna Frazer

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Earl Grey, sailing from Kingston in 1849. Native of Limerick. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Francis Wallace Frazer

    Died 1917 in General Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1917.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Frazer

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1843. Married 1844 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 55.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,585 records for Frazer in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands405 records

405 records of the Frazer name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 211
  • Dutch population registers 184
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 10
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gradus Johannes Frazer

    Married in 1845 in Gendringen; day labourer. Died 1874 in Ulft, aged 59.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Daniel Frazer

    Married in 1930 in Amsterdam; "havenarbeider". Died 1955 in Nijmegen, aged 61; "stationsambtenaar".

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Theodora Frazer

    Born 1881 in Ulft. Married in 1905 in Gendringen. Died 1951 in Groningen, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 405 records for Frazer in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada142 records

142 records of the Frazer name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 77
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 33
  • Other Canadian records 32
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Donald Frazer

    Came to Ontario in 1871 aboard the Moravian, landing at Portland, bound for Barrie, Ontario; Scotch.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Francis Joseph George Frazer

    Buried in 1992 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie MacKinnon Frazer

    Died 1948 in Meat Cove, Victoria, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 142 records for Frazer in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom26 records

26 records of the Frazer name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 12
  • Stirling Council burial records 9
  • Other British records 5
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Brown Frazer

    Died 1997, aged 85; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Frazer

    Buried in 1851 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 43.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Frazer

    Will proved in 1932.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Frazer in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand23 records

23 records of the Frazer name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 16
  • Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 5
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Florence N. Frazer

    Died 1933, aged 34; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Harold Percival Frazer

    Died 1983, aged 71; buried at Picton Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Dorothy Anne Frazer

    Died 1975; buried at Rangiora Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Frazer in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Ireland1 record

1 record of the Frazer name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Wm Daly Esqr Frazer

    Died 1824, aged 40; buried at Killimorday, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Frazer name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hector Charles Frazer

    Born 1918 in Divion; died 1983 in Maizières (Pas-de-Calais).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Frazer.

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Surnames next to Frazer.

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