The Frey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,904 people carried this name — #1,065 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,970 people counted. That is up 1% from 32,735 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
8,243 people named Frey live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 2,986 people named Frey.
158 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,150 people named Frey 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
313 people named Frey have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 490 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 37 people named Frey 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 Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
295 people named Frey are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Frey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Jakob Frey the Elder 1681–1752 · painter -
Johann Gottfried Frey 1762–1831 · jurist -
Emil Remigius Frey 1803–1889 · politician -
Johann Jakob Frey 1813–1865 · painter -
Heinrich Frey 1822–1890 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 147 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frey.
- Fresse 114 · U.S. census
- Fret 252 · U.S. census
- Frette 196 · U.S. census
- Fretz 1,474 · U.S. census
- Freund 7,465 · U.S. census
- Freville 141 · U.S. census
- Freyer 1,105 · U.S. census
- Freyermuth 350 · U.S. census
- Freyre 997 · U.S. census
- Freytag 973 · U.S. census
- Frezza 569 · U.S. census
- Friant 515 · U.S. census
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