How common is the last name Freeman?

162,107 people in the United States have the last name Freeman, about 1 in 1,844. It ranks #159 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FREEMAN

#159

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
162,107
About
1 in 1,844
This common or more
20.5%
Who bears it

Of the 162,107 people with the last name Freeman, 62.6% reported their origin as White, 27.8% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Freeman

#157 Silva · 162,724#158 Webb · 162,492#160 Tucker · 160,581#161 Crawford · 159,143

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Freeman, most common first.

#9,757 Fryman · 3,173#16,302 Froman · 1,714#33,022 Freemon · 744#36,198 Freiman · 666#39,947 Fremin · 593#48,879 Frohman · 466#55,082 Freyman · 403#68,029 Frieman · 312

Also a first name

As a first name, Freeman ranks #4,425 of 53,615, with 4,236 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 229 births. See Freeman as a first name

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