The Frein surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 439 people carried this name — #45,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 128 people named Frein.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Frein live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frein.
- Fredin 414 · U.S. census
- Freeman 162,686 · U.S. census
- Fregosi 168 · U.S. census
- Frei 2,341 · U.S. census
- Freiburger 959 · U.S. census
- Freidinger 104 · U.S. census
- Freire 1,889 · U.S. census
- Freis 290 · U.S. census
- Freismuth 163 · U.S. census
- Freiss 130 · U.S. census
- Freitag 4,459 · U.S. census
- Freitas 10,250 · U.S. census
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