# Freese (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/freese/  
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) | 6,047 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,732 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,058 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (5,966 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Welsh Rhys, originally a patronym. For the English pronunciation, compare the development of Lloyd to Floyd.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Freese 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Freese in the United States.

## People named Freese

- Matt Freese, American soccer player
- Josh Freese, American drummer
- Katherine Freese, American astrophysicist
- David Freese, American baseball player
- Jason Freese, American musician

## Similar surnames

Fries, Frazee, Freeze, Friese, Frese, Freas, Friess, Farès, Froese, Farris, Ferris, Frias.

## 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.