The Freyer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,105 people carried this name — #23,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,095 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
94 people named Freyer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 138 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Freyer.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
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 53 people named Freyer 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Freyer live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
36 people named Freyer 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).
Who carried it
People named Freyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Caspar Freyer d. 1633 · parson
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Ursula Freyer 1585–1612
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Hieronymus Freyer 1675–1747 · pedagogue
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Johanne Sophie Freyer 1688–1712
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Albrecht Friedrich Freyer 1694–1737
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Johann Gottfried Freyer 1710–1788 · preacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Freyer.
- Fret 252 · U.S. census
- Frette 196 · U.S. census
- Fretz 1,474 · U.S. census
- Freund 7,465 · U.S. census
- Freville 141 · U.S. census
- Frey 32,904 · U.S. census
- Freyermuth 350 · U.S. census
- Freyre 997 · U.S. census
- Freytag 973 · U.S. census
- Frezza 569 · U.S. census
- Friant 515 · U.S. census
- Frias 16,911 · U.S. census
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