Freeburn Surname

211,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,949 people bear this surname

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

Freeburn 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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Freeburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6401:566,34246,539
Australia3641:74,1648,706
Northern Ireland3251:5,6771,053
Canada2101:175,45517,539
Scotland1971:27,1772,903
England1031:540,95233,556
Jamaica751:38,2662,540
Wales111:281,32115,850
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1871:23,6892,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
Scotland321:116,9765,458
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Freeburn 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

(English) the Anglo-Saxon Freóbearn = Freeborn or Noble Child [Old English freó, free, noble + bearn, a child]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Freeburn (free, sword).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

Freeburn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Freeburn occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freeburn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 211,545th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,739,121 people. The last name Freeburn is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Freeburn are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 640 people, or 1 in 566,342. In The United States Freeburn is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 17 percent live.

Freeburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Freeburn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Freeburn last name increased 800 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 616 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 294 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Freeburn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Freeburn last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Freeburn earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.82% less than the national average, earning R 183,420 per year; in United States they earn 7.88% less than the national average, earning $39,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.32% less than the national average, earning $46,048 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Freebourn94118/
Freeburne9458/
Freeburng941/
Freburn930/
Freebourne8945/
Freeborn885,627/
Freiburn881/
Frreburn881/
Freaburn880/
Frieburn880/
Frebourne820/
Freeboorn820/
Freborn8017/
Frieborn7522/
Freyborn752/
Frebornn751/
Frayburn751/
Fraiburn750/
Friborn679/
Friboren505/

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