The Fresno Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

If you carry the Fresno surname, the numbers below show how widely it is found.

Surname origin

We don't publish a meaning for Fresno without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family. Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes.

Similar names

Spanish statistics put 2,232 people with Fresno in first position and 2,226 in second. Between 1891 and 2000, 110 babies born in France were registered as Fresno, with the most births in 1961–1970.

Heraldry and the Fresno name

There is no single Fresno family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Fresno line, if any, bore arms.

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