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    The surname Freitas

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 11,041 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F632

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freitas is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Freitas.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,041 people named Freitas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,964 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,250.

    #3,270
    rank among US surnames
    11,041
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,203)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,265Strand11,05127,938
    #3,267Grooms11,04527,953
    #3,268Barba11,04327,958
    #3,270Freitas11,04127,964

    Who is named Freitas

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

    80% of people named Freitas identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
    • Two or more races 6.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Freitass

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marlon Freitas
      Brazilian footballer, born 1995
    • Robert Freitas
      American nanotechnologist, born 1952
    • Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro
      Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop, born 1958
    • Clinio Freitas
      Brazilian sailor, born 1964
    • Alcindo
      Brazilian footballer and manager (1945-2016)
    • Iury Castilho
      Brazilian association football player, born 1995
    • Popó
      Brazilian boxer, born 1975
    • Adélia Prado
      Brazilian writer and poet, born 1935
    • Daniel Corrêa
      Brazilian footballer, 1994–2018
    • Lico
      Brazilian footballer, born 1974

    Notable Freitass come mostly from Brazil (9) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Freitas

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

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Freitas come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Freitas.
    How common is the surname Freitas?
    11,041 people in the United States had the surname Freitas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,964 Americans. It ranked 3,270th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Freitas?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Freitas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Freitas?
    Marlon Freitas, Brazilian footballer, followed by Robert Freitas.
    Where is the surname Freitas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Freitas in Brazil and the United States.
    Is the surname Freitas getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,041 in 2010, up 7.7%.