How common is the surname Freund?

7,465 people in the United States had the surname Freund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,359 Americans. It ranked 4,745th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Freund?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Freund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Freund?

Ida Freund, Austrian-British chemist, followed by Peter Freund.

Where is the surname Freund most common?

Wikidata records people named Freund in the United States, the Austrian Empire and Cisleithania and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Freund getting more or less common?

More common. 7,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,465 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Freund

A surname, carried by 7,465 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Freund is more common than 97.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,465 people named Freund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,359 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,126.

#4,745

rank among US surnames

7,465

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,567)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,736	Eden	7,489	41,227
#4,737	Mattison	7,485	41,249
#4,738	Abdi	7,484	41,254
#4,739	Whited	7,482	41,265
#4,740	Manzanares	7,480	41,276
#4,741	Palomo	7,478	41,287
#4,742	Usher	7,477	41,293

Who is named Freund

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

96% of people named Freund identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Freunds

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ida Freund
Austrian-British chemist, 1863–1914
Peter Freund
American physicist (1936–2018)
August Freund
Austrian chemist, 1835–1892
Yoav Freund
American computer scientist, born 1961
Bill Freund
American historian, 1944–2020
Eugen Freund
Austrian politician, born 1951
John Forsythe
American film and television actor (1918–2010)

Notable Freunds come mostly from the United States (3), the Austrian Empire (1) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Freund

Freund has the Soundex code F653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F653.

Questions

How common is the surname Freund?: 7,465 people in the United States had the surname Freund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,359 Americans. It ranked 4,745th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Freund?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Freund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Freund?: Ida Freund, Austrian-British chemist, followed by Peter Freund.
Where is the surname Freund most common?: Wikidata records people named Freund in the United States, the Austrian Empire and Cisleithania and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Freund getting more or less common?: More common. 7,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,465 in 2010, up 4.8%.