The Freeze surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,023 people carried this name — #8,239 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,888 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

34 families named Freeze, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 186 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Pennsylvania 12
Maine 6
North Carolina 5
New Hampshire 4
Virginia 3
Massachusetts 1
Rhode Island 1
Maryland 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

Freeze in American newspapers,
1851–1892.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Freeze
The Salt Lake Herald 1892-03-12
Newspaper page from The Star Of The North carrying the name Freeze
The Star Of The North 1851-05-15
Newspaper page from Catoctin Clarion carrying the name Freeze
Catoctin Clarion 1891-04-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 580 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Freeze in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

569 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Freeze. The most, 91, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 264
Queensland 133
New South Wales 62
Victoria 43
Western Australia 32
ACT (Canberra) 28
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named Freeze,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Freeze 1778–1844 · politician
  • Ralph Freeze 1882–1931 · lawyer
  • Jake Freeze 1900–1983 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Freeze,
in the records of 4 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 States303 records

303 records of the Freeze name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 181
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul W. Freeze

    Born 1923 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johann Freeze

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Louis Napoleon from Hamburg, aged 27; farmer. From Sonnstorf, Germany; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Charles L. Freeze

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1946, died 2000; buried at Hickory Grove Cemetery, Fairland, Oklahoma.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 303 records for Freeze 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands213 records

213 records of the Freeze name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 117
  • Dutch population registers 92
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marinus Hendrikus Freeze

    Married in 1900 in Middelburg; carpenter. Died 1970 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Roelf Freeze

    Married in 1891 in Beerta; carter. Died 1942 in Nieuweschans, aged 81.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Freeze

    Died 1878 in Hoorn, aged 26.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 213 records for Freeze in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada29 records

29 records of the Freeze name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 17
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Annie Gertrude Freeze

    Buried in 1981 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 90.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gertrude M. Freeze

    Died 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Charles Edward Freeze

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 29 records for Freeze in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Freeze name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Freeze

    Arrived in Victoria in 1877 aboard the Northumberland, aged 38.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 8 records for Freeze in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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