Freedom Surname

184,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Freedom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freedom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0741:164,93710,311
Iran6701:114,60110,857
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Uganda461:848,68039,357
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Tanzania241:2,205,90148,025
England121:4,643,172139,951
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Freedom (12,845) may also be a first name.

Freedom Last Name Facts

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

Freedom occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Freedom? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 184,653rd most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,172,636 people. The surname Freedom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Freedom reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Freedom is also the 51,708th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 12,845 people.

Freedom is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,074 people, or 1 in 164,937. In Nigeria Freedom is most common in: Bayelsa, where 33 percent live, Delta, where 16 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 29 percent live and Ghana, where 18 percent live.

Freedom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Freedom has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Freedom surname increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Freedom Last Name Statistics demography

Freedom earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 30.12% less than the national average, earning $34,720 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fredom926/
Freedhome881/
Freedon8619/
Freedam869/
Freedum860/
Freedoun804/
Freedoon801/
Fredon771,705/
Fridom7743/
Fredum774/
Fredão771/
Fredam771/
Friedam7125/
Freedan7115/
Fredoon7110/
Freddon712/
Friedon711/
Freydon711/
Fredong711/
Fredham710/
Freydont6710/
Friedham675/
Frieddon673/
Freidham672/
Freedand672/
Fhredhon671/
Freedhan671/
Friedaum671/
Freddonn671/
Freydoun671/
Freidgon670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Freedom
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