Freed is used as a family name or surname in Israel, Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Freed
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Israel, Germany
Meaning:

Lastname Freed is a variant of Fried. Descendant of Fried, a pet form of Friedrich meaning "peace, ruler".

Peace, a Swedish soldier name.

How popular is Freed?

Freed is common in United States, Pakistan, England, Canada, Egypt, India, Sweden.

Freed is ranked 30778 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Freed bearers increased by 0.74 per cent in 2010 US census to 9541 since 2000, the surname slipped by 265 spots and ranked at 3717. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.86 96.13
Hispanic or Latino 1.72 1.11
Black 1.17 0.93
Others 1.11 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.21
Freed is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while United States Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 17366 people have been found who wears Freed as their family name. Freed is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Freed:
3,192 United States14,309
Countries with hundreds of Freed:
4,690 Pakistan949
9,176 England670
8,712 Canada475
21,412 Egypt275
147,901 India118
6,647 Sweden108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,389 Australia85
49,167 South Africa80
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,251 Scotland40
17,319 New Zealand30
222,297 Russia29
13,003 Wales15
227,444 Nigeria14
26,155 Chile11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
8,067 Panama10
5,799 Sudan9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
266,530 Germany9
405,029 Brazil8
238,248 Philippines7
2,111 United States Virgin Islands7
101,176 Netherlands6
170,578 Malaysia6
349,096 France6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

14 years old tailor Israel Freed who was residing in Germany migrated to New York on August 6, 1869 by Doctor Barth put out from Hamburg. Clothier Simon Freed, are others that migrated to US.

Freed Namesakes

  • Donald Freed, American playwright, novelist, screenwriter
  • Andy Freed, radio announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team
  • Wes Freed, Richmond, Virginia-based outsider artist whose works have appeared on the album covers of numerous American rock bands
  • Leonard Freed, American documentary photojournalist and longtime Magnum Photos member
  • Ned Freed, has contributed as an IETF participant and RFC writer to a significant number of internet protocol standards
  • Alan Freed, American disc jockey
  • Arthur Freed, American lyricist and Hollywood film producer
  • Lynn Freed, author and academic
  • Audley Freed, guitarist from Raleigh, North Carolina
  • James Ingo Freed, American architect born in Essen
  • Eric Corey Freed, American architect and principal of organicARCHITECT.
  • Don Freed, Canadian singer and songwriter best
  • Amy Freed, American playwright
  • Bert Freed, American character actor, voice-over actor
  • Amanda Freed, American softball coach and former pitcher

Freed Namesakes

  • Donald Freed, American playwright, novelist, screenwriter
  • Andy Freed, radio announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team
  • Wes Freed, Richmond, Virginia-based outsider artist whose works have appeared on the album covers of numerous American rock bands
  • Leonard Freed, American documentary photojournalist and longtime Magnum Photos member
  • Ned Freed, has contributed as an IETF participant and RFC writer to a significant number of internet protocol standards
  • Alan Freed, American disc jockey
  • Arthur Freed, American lyricist and Hollywood film producer
  • Lynn Freed, author and academic
  • Audley Freed, guitarist from Raleigh, North Carolina
  • James Ingo Freed, American architect born in Essen
  • Eric Corey Freed, American architect and principal of organicARCHITECT.
  • Don Freed, Canadian singer and songwriter best
  • Amy Freed, American playwright
  • Bert Freed, American character actor, voice-over actor
  • Amanda Freed, American softball coach and former pitcher

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