Freden

loc · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Freden is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 2.4M(inferred from the name graph)
  • SESweden1 in 17K
  • NONorway1 in 101K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

590 people

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Fredén in SE Sweden.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Freden counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Freden is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden5901 in 17K590Fredén11
US United States≈130 est.≈1 in 2.5M116—98
NO Norway541 in 101K54—1
DE Germany≈33 est.≈1 in 2.4M—Freden18
FI Finland261 in 214K26—1

590 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Freden is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Fredén

  • Swedish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Norway

    Also written Fredén, Fredèn, Fréden

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fredén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fredén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fredén

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Freden is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, To experience a sensation or emotion.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Danish, definite singular of fred

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Western Frisian, plural of freed

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Freden
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000116#134,037
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—54#24,624
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Freden have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 590 people named Freden, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fredén.
Where is Freden most common?
Freden is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 17 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Freden?
In Sweden, the national register counted 590 people named Freden, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Freden”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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