# Freund (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,465 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,745 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (7,126 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Freund 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Freund in the United States, the Austrian Empire, Cisleithania, Israel and Austria.

## People named Freund

- Ida Freund, Austrian-British chemist
- Peter Freund, American physicist (1936–2018)
- August Freund, Austrian chemist
- Yoav Freund, American computer scientist
- Bill Freund, American historian
- Eugen Freund, Austrian politician
- John Forsythe, American film and television actor (1918–2010)

## Similar surnames

Friend, Forehand, Frantz, Ferrante, Fiorentino, Frandsen, Farrand, Ferranti, Frenette, Foronda.

## 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.