Frau Surname Guide

Frau shows up clearly in official surname statistics.

Frau coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Frau, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

Researching the origin

We don't publish a meaning for Frau without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family.

In Spain, the INE population register lists 1,463 people with Frau as their first surname and 1,384 as their second. INSEE counts 739 people born in France with the Frau surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1961–1970. Births under the name grew in the later decades. Get the complete Frau report, with a museum-style coat of arms.