Last Name FRIEND

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Nickname: The friend.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank	1,908 (2000 US census)	1,930 (1990 US census)

Count	17,312 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.74%, or 15190 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.34%, or 1271 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 62 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.89%, or 154 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.44%, or 249 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.24%, or 388 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Most popular Danish first names

What are the most popular Danish first names for women?
Here is the list of 20 most popular Danish names for women as of January 2014.

...