Last Name FRIDAY

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Meaning	Nickname: Probably given in some such way as Robinson Crusoe's man Friday got his sobriquet. It does not seem to be a corruption of something else, as in the case of local Munday. The old Friday suoerstition may have something to do with it. It is also possible that the person was just born on that day which gave that last name a start. Like in the case of Nowell, Pentecost, Chistmas, etc.

Origin	English, Native American, Irish, Nigerian

Rank	4,780 (2000 US census)	4,970 (1990 US census)

Count	6,750 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

65.17%, or 4399 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
26.28%, or 1774 total occurrences, as black,
0.44%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
4.47%, or 302 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.38%, or 93 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.25%, or 152 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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