Fruean name origin:
“The generations and branches of the Fruean family share a name that has its roots in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. The name Fruean comes from a baptismal nameFrewen. Baptismal names began to appear as surnames relatively late in the growth of the naming tradition.“ (https://www.houseofnames.com/amp/fruean-family-crest )
Brief History of the Fruean surname in Samoa:
Charles FRUEAN-ZIMMERMANN was born on 10 October 1810, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Richard Fruean, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Daniels, was 35. He married Meleane Ali'itasi Pouo'omasi'u Su'a in 1841, in Avalua, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died about 1881, in Savalalo, Samoa, at the age of 72, and was buried in Avalua, Samoa. Charles was a landowner, gifting most of the property to his children after his death. Today, Fruean descendants in Samoa still live on some of the land he first owned. Most of the Fruean family, however, are back overseas, with large numbers of descendants resident in New Zealand and the United States, among other places in the world.
(-Moore, from: "Herr Charles Fruean Zimmerman And Descendants: A History of the Fruean Family in Samoa." Copyright 2001)
“Fruean” surname that may refer to the following people: Brianna Fruean (born 1998), activist and environmental advocate for Samoa Robbie Fruean (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union footballer Sandra Fruean (born 1968), American Samoan football official and a former footballer Tuaolo Manaia Fruean (born 1995)