# Fremont (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fremont/  
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 French, anglicisation of Frémont.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 795 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,626 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 388,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (809 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹiˌmɑnt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Frémont. Places with said name, are typically named after John C. Fremont (in his case, the surname is typically but not always spelled with a written accent: Frémont). In the case of John C. Fremont, the name was originally Frémon; the "t" was added at some point.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fremont 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fremont in the United States.

## People named Fremont

- John C. Frémont, American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)

## Similar surnames

Freeman, Foreman, Froman, Fernandez, Fernandes, Forman, Furman, Fernando, Fuhrman, Fermin, Farnham, Fryman.

## 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.