The Fritts surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,883 people carried this name — #5,864 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,717 in 2000.

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In print

Fritts in American newspapers,
1901–1914.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Fritts
The Caucasian 1912-07-21
Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Fritts
The Kalispell Bee 1901-01-15
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Fritts
The Daily Missoulian 1914-10-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,329 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fritts in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fritts. The most, 6, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 6
New South Wales 5
Victoria 3
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Queensland 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fritts.

Who carried it

People named Fritts,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Fritts 1919–1987 · American football player
  • Robert E. Fritts 1934–2015 · teacher
  • Donnie Fritts 1942–2019 · singer

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fritts,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States372 records

372 records of the Fritts name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 229
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Frederic William Fritts

    Born 1943; from Beaumont, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert E. Fritts

    Born 1919 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Buckley Field Denver, Colorado; checker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Larry E. Fritts

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1936, died 1994; buried at Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 372 records for Fritts in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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