Fries Family History
Fries Name Meaning
ethnic name for someone from Friesland. The name of this region is
ancient and of uncertain origin; the most plausible speculation
derives it from an Indo-European root prei- ‘to cut’, with
reference to the dikes necessary for the cultivation of low-lying
land. There is archaeological evidence of the construction of ditches
and dams along the southern shores of the North Sea from at least the
time of Christ.occupational name for a builder of dams and
dikes. The word was used in this sense in various parts of Germany
during the Middle Ages, and is probably a transferred use of the
ethnic term, dike building being a characteristic occupation of
Frieslanders.diminutive of Friedrich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Fries Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fries families
 7 - 12  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fries families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Fries Family Origin
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Fries Family Occupations
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