How common is the surname Free?

9,923 people in the United States had the surname Free in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,114 Americans. It ranked 3,586th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Free?

Duncan Free, Australian rower, followed by World B. Free.

Where is the surname Free most common?

Wikidata records people named Free in Australia and the United States.

How do you pronounce Free?

Free is /fɹiː/, one syllable.

Is the surname Free getting more or less common?

More common. 9,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,923 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Free

An English surname, carried by 9,923 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fɹiː/ 1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Free is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

English surname, from Old English freo (“freeborn”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,923 people named Free in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,114 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,666.

#3,586

rank among US surnames

9,923

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,385)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,578	Kunz	9,953	31,020
#3,579	Abney	9,948	31,036
#3,580	Albertson	9,943	31,052
#3,581	Littleton	9,939	31,064
#3,582	Hallman	9,938	31,067
#3,583	Cone	9,935	31,077
#3,585	Stephen	9,925	31,108

Who is named Free

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Free identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frees

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Duncan Free
Australian rower, born 1973
World B. Free
American basketball player (born 1953)

Notable Frees come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Free

Free has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Free come from?: English surname, from Old English freo (“freeborn”).
How common is the surname Free?: 9,923 people in the United States had the surname Free in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,114 Americans. It ranked 3,586th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Free?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Free identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Free?: Duncan Free, Australian rower, followed by World B. Free.
Where is the surname Free most common?: Wikidata records people named Free in Australia and the United States.
How do you pronounce Free?: Free is /fɹiː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Free getting more or less common?: More common. 9,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,923 in 2010, up 2.7%.