How common is the surname Freer?

3,671 people in the United States had the surname Freer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,104 Americans. It ranked 8,917th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Freer?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Freer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Freer?

Eleanor Everest Freer, American composer and philanthropist (1864–1942).

Where is the surname Freer most common?

Wikidata records people named Freer in the United States.

Is the surname Freer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,671 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Freer

A surname, carried by 3,671 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freer is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,671 people named Freer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,104 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,471.

#8,917

rank among US surnames

3,671

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,911	Claus	3,674	84,035
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173

Who is named Freer

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

90% of people named Freer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eleanor Everest Freer
American composer and philanthropist (1864–1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Frewer

Surnames that sound like Freer

Freer has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

Questions

How common is the surname Freer?: 3,671 people in the United States had the surname Freer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,104 Americans. It ranked 8,917th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Freer?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Freer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Freer?: Eleanor Everest Freer, American composer and philanthropist (1864–1942).
Where is the surname Freer most common?: Wikidata records people named Freer in the United States.
Is the surname Freer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,671 in 2010, up 5.8%.
What are other spellings of Freer?: Frewer.