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

The Frisch surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,709 people carried this name — #6,627 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 450 people named Frisch.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Moselle 200
Paris 44
Meurthe-et-Moselle 44
Haut-Rhin 39
Ardennes 13
Aube 10
Bas-Rhin 9
Marne 8

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

117 people named Frisch live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 53
Bern 16
St. Gallen 16
Solothurn 7
Basel-Stadt 6
Schwyz 5
Ticino 4
Zug 4

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 42 people named Frisch 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 Luxembourg Province.

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

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 22
Flemish Brabant 8
Brussels-Capital 7
Hainaut 5

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Frisch is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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