Explore the Family Name Freckleton

The meaning of Freckleton

English and Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Freckleton, from an Old English personal name Frecia + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

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How common is the last name Freckleton in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Freckleton saw a notable increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 57,849 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, it had risen to a rank of 46,487, showing an impressive 19.64% growth. The count of individuals with the Freckleton surname also grew from 329 in 2000 to 458 in 2010, marking a 39.21% increase. Similarly, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 individuals increased by 33.33% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,849	#46,487	19.64%
Count	329	458	39.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.16	33.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Freckleton

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Freckleton also shows interesting shifts over the decade, as indicated by the Decennial U.S. Census. While there were no individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent recorded, the percentage of those identifying as Black rose from 44.07% in 2000 to 53.28% in 2010, an increase of 20.90%. The data also showed a slight emergence of Hispanic individuals holding this surname, from 0% in 2000 to 2.40% in 2010. However, the representation of individuals identifying as White decreased from 53.19% to 42.58%, a drop of 19.95%. At the same time, those claiming two or more races fell by 38.50%, settling at 1.31% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	44.07%	53.28%	20.9%
White	53.19%	42.58%	-19.95%
Hispanic	0%	2.4%	0%
Two or More Races	2.13%	1.31%	-38.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%