A Scottish surname of Frazier started as de Friselle and de Freseliere, possibly as a Old French term. Mixed with the Scottish Gaelic may have produced more of the name spelled as ‘fraisee’.

Spelling forms for Frazier include Frazer, Fraser, Frasher, Frisell, Friselle, Friser, Fressell, Fraysser, Fresill, Fressair, Fraisser, Fresle and Frasier.

In the area of Tweedale in Scotland there was a Simon Frasee before the 12th century. Mny Fraziers live in Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire counties in Scotland.

Scattered from the north to the south of England are Frazier families. The highest percentages are in Kent, London, Durham, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire counties. The surname is also in Wales in Glamorgan county.

Within the United States the Frazier surname is in most of the eastern and central half of the country. The states with the highest population of Frazier families are in Illinois, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, New York, Missouri and Texas.


Famous: Jeff Frazier (professional baseball player), Joe Frazier (boxing champion), LaGaylia Frazier (singer) and Walt Frazier (professional basketball player), Owsley Brown Frazier (founder of the Frazier International History Museum in the U. S.).