How common is the surname Freestone?

1,137 people in the United States had the surname Freestone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,544 Americans. It ranked 22,592nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Freestone?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Freestone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Freestone getting more or less common?

More common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,137 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Freestone

A surname, carried by 1,137 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freestone is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Originated as a habitual name from Friston, Friston, or Frieston.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,137 people named Freestone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,544 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,079.

#22,592

rank among US surnames

1,137

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,283)

Who is named Freestone

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

95% of people named Freestone identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Freestone

Freestone has the Soundex code F623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F623.

Questions

Where does the surname Freestone come from?: Originated as a habitual name from Friston, Friston, or Frieston.
How common is the surname Freestone?: 1,137 people in the United States had the surname Freestone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,544 Americans. It ranked 22,592nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Freestone?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Freestone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Freestone getting more or less common?: More common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,137 in 2010, up 5.4%.