The Fruh surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 153 people carried this name — #114,424 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 149 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
886 people named Fruh live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/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 140 people named Fruh.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Fruh live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fruh.
- Froment 205 · U.S. census
- Fromm 3,105 · U.S. census
- Front 107 · U.S. census
- Frontera 684 · U.S. census
- Frossard 262 · U.S. census
- Frost 42,015 · U.S. census
- Fruit 725 · U.S. census
- Frumin 103 · U.S. census
- Frutos 1,390 · U.S. census
- Fry 38,029 · U.S. census
- Frydman 310 · U.S. census
- Fuchs 12,958 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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