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    The surname Freeborn

    An English surname, carried by 1,616 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F616

    Freeborn: #17,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Freeborn #17,447, 1,616 people Freeborn: #17,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Freeborn #17,447, 1,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freeborn is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English.

    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 1,616 people named Freeborn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,055 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,458.

    #17,447
    rank among US surnames
    1,616
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,719)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937
    #17,447Gaye1,616191,055
    #17,455Fredericksen1,615191,174

    Who is named Freeborn

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

    92% of people named Freeborn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Freebern
    • Freeburn

    Surnames that sound like Freeborn

    Freeborn has the Soundex code F616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F616.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Freeborn come from?
    From Old English.
    How common is the surname Freeborn?
    1,616 people in the United States had the surname Freeborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,055 Americans. It ranked 17,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Freeborn?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Freeborn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Freeborn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,616 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Freeborn?
    Freebern and Freeburn.