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    The surname Freese

    A surname, carried by 6,047 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F620

    Freese: #5,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Freese #5,732, 6,047 people Freese: #5,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Freese #5,732, 6,047 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freese is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,047 people named Freese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,058 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,966.

    #5,732
    rank among US surnames
    6,047
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,372)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,729Chaffee6,05351,007
    #5,730Maupin6,05151,024
    #5,731Scofield6,04851,049
    #5,732Sim6,04751,058

    Who is named Freese

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

    94% of people named Freese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Freeses

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matt Freese
      American soccer player, born 1998
    • Josh Freese
      American drummer, born 1972
    • Katherine Freese
      American astrophysicist, born 1957
    • David Freese
      American baseball player, born 1983
    • Jason Freese
      American musician, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Freese

    Freese has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Freese come from?
    From Welsh Rhys, originally a patronym. For the English pronunciation, compare the development of Lloyd to Floyd.
    How common is the surname Freese?
    6,047 people in the United States had the surname Freese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,058 Americans. It ranked 5,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Freese?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Freese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Freese?
    Matt Freese, American soccer player, followed by Josh Freese.
    Where is the surname Freese most common?
    Wikidata records people named Freese in the United States.
    Is the surname Freese getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,047 in 2010, up 1.4%.