The Froelicher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 171 people carried this name — #104,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 178 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Froelicher live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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/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 56 people named Froelicher.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In print
Froelicher in American newspapers,
1915–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 215 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Froelicher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carl Froelicher 1708–1716
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Max Froelicher 1923–
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Froelicher.
- Fritel 118 · U.S. census
- Fritsch 4,199 · U.S. census
- Fritz 33,224 · U.S. census
- Fritzinger 831 · U.S. census
- Froehlich 4,504 · U.S. census
- Froelich 3,090 · U.S. census
- Frohlich 1,027 · U.S. census
- Frohn 349 · U.S. census
- Frolich 235 · U.S. census
- Froment 205 · U.S. census
- Fromm 3,105 · U.S. census
- Front 107 · U.S. census
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