Frere surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Frere surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 439 people carried this name — #48,160 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 11% from 396 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,653 people named Frere.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Pas-de-Calais 276
Nord 226
Paris 160
Seine-Maritime 82
Marne 52
Yvelines 50
Deux-Sèvres 50
Aisne 48

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 831 people named Frere live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 351
Liège 170
Namur 144
Brussels-Capital 56
Walloon Brabant 44
West Flanders 27
Luxembourg Province 19
Flemish Brabant 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Frere,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Frere d. 1612 · politician
  • Catherine Arthur d. 1899 · botanical collector
  • Ellen Geraldine Jones d. 1957
  • Anna Frere d. 1739
  • John Frere d. 1721
  • John Frere, of Finningham Hall 1645–1709

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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