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Fricke Ranking

In the United States, the name Fricke is the 8,202nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Fricke migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fricke Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • August Johs Fricke, who arrived in America in 1776 2
  • Carl Fricke, who arrived in America in 1777 2
  • August Fricke, who landed in America in 1778 2
  • Georg Fricke, who arrived in America in 1778 2
  • Peter Fricke, who arrived in America in 1778 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Fricke Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jedwir Fricke, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1803 2
  • Joh Fricke, who landed in North America in 1832 2
  • Franz Fricke, who landed in America in 1833 2
  • Bernh Fricke, aged 37, who landed in America in 1835 2
  • John Fricke, aged 24, who landed in Missouri in 1840 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Fricke (post 1700) +

  • Walter W. Fricke, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1960 3
  • Paul Fricke, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1916 3
  • Kenneth A. Fricke, American politician, Candidate for Circuit Judge in Michigan 9th Circuit, 1974 3
  • Esther Fricke, American Republican politician, Chair of Menard County Republican Party, 2002 3
  • Anna Fricke, American television writer and producer
  • John Fricke (b. 1950), American historian and author
  • Ron Fricke, American film director and cinematographer
  • Janie Fricke (b. 1947), American country music singer
  • Heinz Fricke (1927-2015), German conductor, Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin (1961-1962)
  • Walburga Fricke (b. 1936), German politician
  • ... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bismarck
  • Wilhelm Fricke (1919-1941), German Maschinengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 4
  • Helmut Fricke (1920-1941), German Mechanikersobergefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 4


Suggested Readings for the name Fricke +

  • Ledger of Anthony Fricker, Gunsmith, Womelsdorf, Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1814-1821 by Anthony Fricker.
  • The Fricker Family: Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1750-Early 1800s by Peggy S. Joyner.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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