Freeman Forename

30,956th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 26,099 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Freeman Forename Definition:

A Anglo-saxon name, meaning: One not a slave or vassal.

Freeman Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
8,3511:43,4122,562
Nigeria
100%
4,3561:40,7633,225
Ghana
92%
 
4,0451:6,671749
Liberia
96%
 
1,5131:2,916407
South Africa
100%
1,4221:38,3494,275
Zimbabwe
99%
 
1,3331:11,5711,494
Canada
100%
9251:35,8202,681
Togo-5771:12,5461,699
Tanzania
100%
5761:91,6465,294
Malawi
100%
5291:32,3482,463
Zambia-4701:33,7342,441
China-2401:5,691,89955,930
Egypt
100%
1741:528,16614,341
Papua New Guinea
98%
 
1521:53,6345,192
Australia-1501:91,0513,410
Philippines
100%
1331:797,06423,227
Afghanistan
 
99%
1301:250,9505,825
Bahamas-981:4,075698
Hong Kong-981:79,1092,704
England
89%
 
851:654,15212,679
Botswana
100%
741:29,5203,260
Congo
100%
741:67,6924,764
Solomon Islands
100%
491:11,8561,118
India
100%
481:25,309,958550,886
Uganda
100%
451:910,15416,462
DR Congo
100%
341:2,171,40051,388
New Zealand-331:137,4565,350
Indonesia-311:8,321,409281,378
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Cameroon
100%
261:831,17323,165
Russia
100%
241:6,009,73827,399
Benin
100%
151:705,05620,455
Malaysia
100%
141:2,174,99661,888
Singapore-121:523,92111,491
Jamaica-111:262,1127,926
Mexico
100%
111:11,285,85732,937
Venezuela
100%
101:3,020,18947,166
Belize
100%
91:39,3683,319
Mali-91:1,886,4173,997
France
100%
81:8,308,79227,570
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Kazakhstan
100%
71:2,535,26417,782
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Brazil-61:35,706,026284,222
Thailand
100%
61:11,677,636152,954
Colombia
100%
51:9,555,78540,229
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Wales
100%
51:618,8627,373
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Belarus
100%
41:2,370,5969,928
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Sudan
100%
41:9,451,7446,661
United States Virgin Islands-41:27,4372,836
Vanuatu-41:65,448976
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Nicaragua
100%
31:2,006,11219,543
Scotland-31:1,783,45514,297
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Jordan-21:4,413,3878,826
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Seychelles
100%
11:92,6701,891
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Vietnam
100%
11:92,623,11310,484

Freeman (331,743) may also be a surname.

Freeman Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Anglo-saxon name, meaning: One not a slave or vassal.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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