The Freeland surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,653 people carried this name — #4,101 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,455 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Freeland surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Freeland’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Matilda Frelond, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 300 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 23 people named Freeland live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

32 families named Freeland, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 196 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 10
Maryland 5
North Carolina 5
New York 4
Pennsylvania 3
Virginia 3
Connecticut 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 241 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Freeland in American newspapers,
1909–1912.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Freeland
The Montgomery Advertiser 1912-03-03
Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Freeland
The Tacoma Times 1911-05-09
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Freeland
The Roswell Daily Record 1909-07-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 66,279 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Freeland in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

9,522 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Freeland. The most, 2,633, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 10.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 5,662
New South Wales 1,469
Victoria 1,101
Queensland 716
South Australia 252
Western Australia 223
ACT (Canberra) 85
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Freeland.

Who carried it

People named Freeland,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Freeland
    John Freeland 1861–1940 · writer
  • John Freeland
    John Freeland 1861–1940 · writer
  • Georgiana Round 1807–1883
  • Humphrey Freeland 1814–1892 · politician
  • Anna Chamberlain Freeland 1837–1911 · painter
  • Agnes Brownlee Forrest Freeland Morton 1863–1943 · entomologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Freeland,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States746 records

746 records of the Freeland name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 323
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 148
  • Other U.S. records 275
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Troit D. Freeland

    Born 1921 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; stationary engineer. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois. U.S. Air Force; died of illness 1970 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0); U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Jeffery Freeland

    Born 1949; from Worthington, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Annie Freeland

    Arrived at New York in 1878 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 746 records for Freeland in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia232 records

232 records of the Freeland name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 94
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 91
  • Other Australian records 47
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Freeland

    Died 1875 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 67. Will registered in Tasmania in 1875.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Freeland

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Persian, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alexander Freeland

    Of Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1934.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 232 records for Freeland in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada24 records

24 records of the Freeland name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 10
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Other Canadian records 6
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Lewis Freeland

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the L'Abondance, bound for Port Mattoon, aged 29.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record E'd Freeland

    Came to Ontario in 1872 aboard the Adalia, landing at Quebec, bound for London, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ethel Freeland

    Died 1939; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 24 records for Freeland in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom20 records

20 records of the Freeland name in the United Kingdom
  • Stirling Council burial records 11
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 7
  • Other British records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Freeland

    Buried in 1902 at Strathblane Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 81.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record John Freeland

    Died 1918. Named in the roll of honour (1926).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Freeland

    Highland Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Freeland in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Freeland name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Walter Freeland

    From Lübeck. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 20 October 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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