The Frias surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,357 people carried this name — #2,684 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
184 people named Frias live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Frias.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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 Frias,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luisa María Frías Canizares 1896–1936 -
Ivan Frias 1951– · writer -
Mercedes Lourdes Frias 1962– · politician -
Mário Frias 1971– · actor -
Veronica Ruth Frias 1978– · performing artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 30 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frias.
- Freyer 1,095 · U.S. census
- Freyermuth 352 · U.S. census
- Freyre 740 · U.S. census
- Freytag 948 · U.S. census
- Frezza 549 · U.S. census
- Friant 494 · U.S. census
- Frick 9,562 · U.S. census
- Fricker 1,221 · U.S. census
- Fridel 105 · U.S. census
- Fridman 1,276 · U.S. census
- Fridrich 337 · U.S. census
- Fried 6,435 · U.S. census
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