Frere/Freer/Fryer/Friar/Fryar are common surnames.
A variety of speculative derivations and connections exist concerning the origins of this surname.
Fryer is an uncommon surname in Britain. It's estimated that there are around 20,000 people with the last name Fryer in the United Kingdom. The surname Fryer originated from Scandinavia from the Norse God Freyr and has been changed in time to Fryer. However they may also exist in an etymological connection to druidic concept of Frith a.k.a. fried as part of many Germanic surnames such as Wilfried, Werenfried, Alfred, Friedrich a.k.a Frederi(c)k, Frieda, etc. Also due to its Dutch origins, this surname is most likely originally Norse and thereby related to or derived directly from the famous mytho-poetic Vanir hero-priesthood Freyja and Freyr who were progenitors of the Scandinavian Yngling dynasty, whose history is extant in the 9th century poem Ynglingatal. Also because this surname is strong in Normandy because this surname is likely to be of a Norman origin.
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