Explore the Family Name Freeling

The meaning of Freeling

1. Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Frühling (see Fruhling). Compare Freehling. 2. Possibly also an Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Frieling. 3. Dutch: variant of Vreeling (and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of this), a derivative of Van Vrelingen, a habitational name probably denoting the provenance from any of several German placenames Freiling(en).

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Freeling has slightly decreased over a decade. In 2000, Freeling was ranked 68,782 in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had dropped to 71,886, marking a decrease of 4.51%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased slightly from 267 in 2000 to 271 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,782	#71,886	-4.51%
Count	267	271	1.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Freeling

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Freeling also shows some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. Predominantly, the surname is associated with individuals identifying as White, accounting for 80.90% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 78.97% in 2010. The Black community saw an increase from 16.10% to 16.24%. Interestingly, the Hispanic representation appeared in 2010 at 1.85%, which wasn't present in 2000. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native were suppressed or remained at zero for both years, while the category for Two or More Races, which accounted for 1.87% in 2000, was not represented in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80.9%	78.97%	-2.39%
Black	16.1%	16.24%	0.87%
Hispanic	0%	1.85%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.87%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%