The Frison surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,218 people carried this name — #12,767 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,234 people named Frison.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Bas-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 Belgium’s population register
At least 174 people named Frison 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
102 people named Frison live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Frison.
- Friloux 291 · U.S. census
- Friot 155 · U.S. census
- Friou 118 · U.S. census
- Frisch 4,709 · U.S. census
- Frischmann 233 · U.S. census
- Friscia 871 · U.S. census
- Fritel 110 · U.S. census
- Fritsch 4,248 · U.S. census
- Fritz 33,068 · U.S. census
- Fritzinger 850 · U.S. census
- Froehlich 4,338 · U.S. census
- Froelich 2,844 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Frison is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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