The Freitag surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,733 people carried this name — #7,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,459 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
679 people named Freitag live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Poland’s population register
563 people named Freitag have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 819 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Freitag.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-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 Argentina’s national register
At least 123 people named Freitag 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
45 people named Freitag is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Freitag in American newspapers,
1909–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 196,434 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Freitag,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Freitagius 1581–1641 · physician -
Adam Freytag 1608–1650 · teacher -
Adam Freitag d. 1621 · teacher
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Andreas Freitag d. 1771 · painter
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Adolf Freitag d. 1399
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Arnold Freitag 1560–1614 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Freitag.
- 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
- Freiss 150 · 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
- Frendo 130 · U.S. census
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