Fryer: Surname History and Family Crest

Fryer is an English surname. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “a member of a religious order, a friar or brother”.

Researching the origin

7,524 Americans were listed as Fryer in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 5,000 US surnames.

Fryer coat of arms

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

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