How common is the surname Freitag?

4,733 people in the United States had the surname Freitag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,233 Americans. It ranked 7,073rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Freitag?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Freitag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Freitag?

John Freitag, American rower (1877-1932).

Where is the surname Freitag most common?

Wikidata records people named Freitag in the United States.

Is the surname Freitag getting more or less common?

More common. 4,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,733 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Freitag

A surname, carried by 4,733 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freitag is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname from the Germanic languages.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,733 people named Freitag in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,233 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,459.

#7,073

rank among US surnames

4,733

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,938)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,068	Millen	4,737	65,177
#7,069	Voelker	4,735	65,205
#7,071	Westover	4,734	65,219
#7,073	Freitag	4,733	65,233
#7,074	Maynor	4,732	65,246
#7,075	Desilva	4,731	65,260

Who is named Freitag

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

95% of people named Freitag identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freitags

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Freitag
American rower (1877-1932)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Freitag

Freitag has the Soundex code F632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F632.

Questions

How common is the surname Freitag?: 4,733 people in the United States had the surname Freitag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,233 Americans. It ranked 7,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Freitag?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Freitag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Freitag?: John Freitag, American rower (1877-1932).
Where is the surname Freitag most common?: Wikidata records people named Freitag in the United States.
Is the surname Freitag getting more or less common?: More common. 4,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,733 in 2010, up 6.1%.