The Freund surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,465 people carried this name — #4,745 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,126 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Freund surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German Freund (literally “friend”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Freund» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 614 people named Freund.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
544 people named Freund live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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
139 people named Freund have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 228 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 42 people named Freund live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Freund 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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
69 people named Freund are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Freund in American newspapers,
1901–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 206,351 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Freund,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bichelen Freund d. 1942
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Rudolf Freund d. 1941
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Mathias Freund d. 1761
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Franz Freund d. 1540 · politician
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Erasmus Freund 1550–1578
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Adrian Freund 1552–1623 · citizen
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Freund.
- Fresco 461 · U.S. census
- Fresneda 164 · U.S. census
- Fresse 114 · U.S. census
- Fret 252 · U.S. census
- Frette 196 · U.S. census
- Fretz 1,474 · U.S. census
- Freville 141 · U.S. census
- Frey 32,904 · U.S. census
- Freyer 1,105 · U.S. census
- Freyermuth 350 · U.S. census
- Freyre 997 · U.S. census
- Freytag 973 · U.S. census
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