Freytag surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Freytag surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 973 people carried this name — #25,430 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 948 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 229 people named Freytag.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Haut-Rhin 69
Moselle 34
Bas-Rhin 22
Paris 12
Rhône 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Aube 10
Seine-et-Marne 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

89 people named Freytag live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 35
Bern 13
Vaud 9
Aargau 8
Glarus 5
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 5
Geneva 4
St. Gallen 4

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

23 people named Freytag have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 44 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Masovian 7
Opole 5
Lower Silesian 4
Łódź 3
Pomeranian 2
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

37 people named Freytag is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 37

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 Freytag,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adam Freytag
    Adam Freytag 1608–1650 · teacher
  • Gottfried Freytag d. 1720 · bookseller
  • Emilie Freytag d. 1875
  • Karl Freytag d. 1928
  • Waldemar Freytag d. 1884
  • Hermann Freytag 1567–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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