Show ContentsFrederic Surname History

Frederic Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Frederiksson, Frederiksen, Feddersen, Fredriksson, Fredriksson and many more.

Frederic Ranking

In France, the name Frederic is the 4,111st most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Frederic migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Frederic Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Conrad Frederic, who settled in Louisiana in 1726
Frederic Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ant Frederic, who settled in New Orleans in 1829
  • Ant Frederic, aged 25, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 2
  • Anna Eva Frederic, who settled in Baltimore in 1831
  • Anton Frederic, who settled in New Orleans in 1846

Contemporary Notables of the name Frederic (post 1700) +

  • Harold Frederic (1856-1898), Anglo-American journalist and novelist of the realism school
  • François XII Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, duc d'Estissac et Duke of Liancourt, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Mr. John Frederic Parvin B.E.M., British Visiting Assistant for The Royal Star and Garter Homes, was appointed Medallist of the British Empire Medal 29th December 2018 for voluntary service to Veterans 4
  • Henry Frederic Turle (1835-1883), English editor of ‘Notes and Queries,’ born in York Road, Lambeth, the fourth son of James Turle, organist of Westminster Abbey
  • George Frederic Rosenberg (1825-1869), English painter, the youngest son of Thomas Elliot Rosenberg, a miniature and landscape painter, born at Bath
  • James Frederic Hughes (1883-1940), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1933-35
  • Michael Frederic Guyer (1874-1959), American cytologist and zoologist
  • William Frederic Badè (1871-1936), American archaeologist who led the excavation of Tell en-Nasbeh in Palestine
  • Sir Raymond Frederic Boileau (1868-1942), 4th Baronet of Tacolneston Hall, British peer
  • Sir Ernest Frederic Goodhart (1880-1961), 2nd Baronet, English peer


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  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. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 30) François Frédéric. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  4. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists


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