How common is the last name Friend?

17,697 people in the United States have the last name Friend, about 1 in 16,890. It ranks #1,991 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FRIEND

#1,991

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,697
About
1 in 16,890
This common or more
47.7%
Who bears it

Of the 17,697 people with the last name Friend, 81.6% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Black and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Friend

#1,989 Pan · 17,709#1,989 Stapleton · 17,709#1,992 Hathaway · 17,689#1,993 Spicer · 17,682

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Friend, most common first.

#61,280 Friends · 354#118,445 Frend · 155#122,574 Fruend · 148

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