The Freiss surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 150 people carried this name — #116,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 15% from 130 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Freiss.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Freiss live in Switzerland.
They live in 1 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Freiss,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stéphane Freiss 1960– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Freiss.
- Freiburger 1,057 · U.S. census
- Freidinger 104 · U.S. census
- Frein 454 · U.S. census
- Freire 2,477 · U.S. census
- Freis 224 · U.S. census
- Freismuth 162 · U.S. census
- Freitag 4,733 · U.S. census
- Freitas 11,041 · U.S. census
- Freland 120 · U.S. census
- Frelin 153 · U.S. census
- Fremin 551 · U.S. census
- Fremont 795 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Freiss is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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