The Freitas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,041 people carried this name — #3,270 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 10,250 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,060 people named Freitas live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 804 people named Freitas 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 243 people named Freitas.
Most of them — 142 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Vienne.
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 print
Freitas in American newspapers,
1882–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Freitas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Augusto César Barjona de Freitas 1834–1900 · politician -
Pedro Maria Gonçalves de Freitas 1836–1915 · politician -
José Joaquim Rodrigues de Freitas 1840–1896 · writer -
Emília Freitas 1855–1908 · writer -
João Joaquim André de Freitas 1860–1929 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 260 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Freitas.
- 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
- Freitag 4,733 · 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
- Frenkel 1,082 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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