How common is the surname Freed?

9,541 people in the United States had the surname Freed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,360 Americans. It ranked 3,717th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Freed?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Freed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Freed?

Alan Freed, American disc jockey, songwriter (1921–1965), followed by Arthur Freed.

Where is the surname Freed most common?

Wikidata records people named Freed in the United States.

Is the surname Freed getting more or less common?

More common. 9,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,541 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Freed

A surname, carried by 9,541 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freed is more common than 97.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,541 people named Freed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,360 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,471.

#3,717

rank among US surnames

9,541

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,452)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,708	Fulmer	9,570	32,262
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279
#3,711	Koehn	9,559	32,299
#3,712	Truitt	9,557	32,306
#3,713	Echeverria	9,552	32,323
#3,715	McCune	9,549	32,333

Who is named Freed

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

95% of people named Freed identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freeds

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Freed
American disc jockey, songwriter (1921–1965)
Arthur Freed
American lyricist and Hollywood film producer (1894-1973)
Bert Freed
American actor (1919–1994)
Leonard Freed
American documentary photojournalist (1929-2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Freed

Freed has the Soundex code F630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F630.

Questions

How common is the surname Freed?: 9,541 people in the United States had the surname Freed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,360 Americans. It ranked 3,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Freed?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Freed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Freed?: Alan Freed, American disc jockey, songwriter (1921–1965), followed by Arthur Freed.
Where is the surname Freed most common?: Wikidata records people named Freed in the United States.
Is the surname Freed getting more or less common?: More common. 9,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,541 in 2010, up 0.7%.