Freebourn Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Freebourn Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Frebern.' In Domesday we find it thus: 'Friebernus,' Essex and Suffolk. The present general form Freeborn is imitative of the dictionary word free-born. But there is no relationship.

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Freebourn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:3,071,686178,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Freebourn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Frebern.' In Domesday we find it thus: 'Friebernus,' Essex and Suffolk. The present general form Freeborn is imitative of the dictionary word free-born. But there is no relationship. In the United States, however, Freeborn has become a familiar font-name:

Freeborn G. Luckey, lawyer: New York Directory (1878).

Freeborn G. Smith, pianos: ibid.

Robert Frebern, 1172: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

Agnes Frebern, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Frebern, Bedfordshire, ibid.

William Frebern, Suffolk, ibid.

Thomas Frebern, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Richard Frebern, rector of Thorp Abbots, Norfolk, 1324: History of Norfolk.

1574. Thomas Somerfelde and Elizabeth Frebarne: Marriage Lic. (London).

1585. Thomas Nutt and Frances Freborne, Essex: ibid.

1753. Married — David Munro and Henrietta Freebairn: St. George, Hanover Square.

1736. — John Freeborn and Mary Earie: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Under the feudal law, one whose parents were not in a state of villenage. Freeburn is, however, the name of a parish in Scotland. The Friebernus of Domesd. and the Frebern of the H.R. point rather to an ancient baptismal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Freebourn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Freebourn Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Freebourn is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Freebourn.

How Common Is The Last Name Freebourn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,674,734th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Freebourn are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 3,071,686. In The United States it is primarily found in: Florida, where 17 percent live, Montana, where 14 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 11 percent live.

Freebourn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Freebourn surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Freebourn earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.41% less than the national average, earning $35,636 USD per year.

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