# Freeman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/freeman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 169,149 |
| US rank (2010) | 151 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,825 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (162,686 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹiː.mən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Freemon |

## Etymology

* Proprialisation of freeman. From originating as a freeman (instead of a serf, indentured, or some other status) * free + man. A surname taken up by freed slaves.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Freeman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Freeman in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Freeman

- Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer (born 1937)
- Cathy Freeman, Australian short-distance runner
- Alex Freeman, American soccer player
- Cassidy Freeman, American actress and singer
- Kathleen Freeman, American actress (1919–2001)
- Theodore Freeman, American astronaut (1930-1964)
- Ron Freeman, American athletics competitor (born 1947)
- Jo Freeman, American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney
- Mona Freeman, American actress (1926-2014)
- Al Freeman Jr., American actor, director and acting teacher (1934-2012)
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, American novelist, short story writer, poet, children's author (1852-1930)
- J. E. Freeman, American actor (1946-2014)

and 43 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Foreman, Forman, Furman, Fuhrman, Fryman, Fairman, Froman, Ferman, Firman, Farman, Fremont, Fernandez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.