# Freitas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/freitas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,041 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,270 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,964 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (10,250 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Freitas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Freitas 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 6.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Freitas in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Freitas

- Marlon Freitas, Brazilian footballer
- Robert Freitas, American nanotechnologist
- Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
- Clinio Freitas, Brazilian sailor
- Alcindo, Brazilian footballer and manager (1945-2016)
- Iury Castilho, Brazilian association football player
- Popó, Brazilian boxer
- Adélia Prado, Brazilian writer and poet
- Daniel Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
- Lico, Brazilian footballer

## Similar surnames

Fritz, Fritts, Fretz, Frates, Freitag, Fritsch, Fritsche, Fortson, Fordyce, Fortes, Fritch, Fertig.

## 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.