# Freud (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/freud/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 222 |
| US rank (2010) | 84,463 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,390,746 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.7% (233 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɹɔɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Freud 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) | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Freud in Austria, Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and German Reich.

## People named Freud

- Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
- Anna Freud, austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895–1982)
- Esther Freud, British actress and novelist
- Ernst L. Freud, Austrian architect (1892–1970)
- Tom Seidmann-Freud, Austrian author and illustrator (1892–1930)
- Sophie Freud, Austrian professor (1924–2022)

## Similar surnames

Freed, Fried, Freda, Fred, Ford, Forte, Fort, Friday, Forde, Frith, Firth, Frady.

## 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.