Frequency: (108)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Probably a respelling of French Fraisse, a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent ash tree or by an ash wood, from a southern variant of Old French fresne.
GIVEN NAMES: French 8%. Pierre (2), Henri.
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