How common is the surname Freeland?

8,653 people in the United States had the surname Freeland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,681 Americans. It ranked 4,101st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Freeland?

Joel Freeland, British basketball player, followed by Don Freeland.

Where is the surname Freeland most common?

Wikidata records people named Freeland in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Freeland getting more or less common?

More common. 8,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,653 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Freeland

A surname, carried by 8,653 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freeland is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,653 people named Freeland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,681 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,455.

#4,101

rank among US surnames

8,653

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,098	Gurley	8,669	35,615
#4,099	Samples	8,663	35,640
#4,100	Boothe	8,656	35,668
#4,101	Freeland	8,653	35,681

Who is named Freeland

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

84% of people named Freeland identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freelands

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joel Freeland
British basketball player, born 1987
Don Freeland
American racing driver, 1925–2007
Kyle Freeland
American baseball player (born 1993)
Martin Freeland
British DJ, born 2000

Notable Freelands come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Freeland

Ferland

Freeland has the Soundex code F645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F645.

Questions

How common is the surname Freeland?: 8,653 people in the United States had the surname Freeland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,681 Americans. It ranked 4,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Freeland?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Freeland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Freeland?: Joel Freeland, British basketball player, followed by Don Freeland.
Where is the surname Freeland most common?: Wikidata records people named Freeland in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Freeland getting more or less common?: More common. 8,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,653 in 2010, up 2.3%.