Freytag
surname · Latin script
Meaning: deutscher Familienname nach persönlichem Merkmal: nach dem Wochentag Freitag (wohl für an einem Freitag Geborene); 1534 Träger
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈfɹeɪtəɡ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Freytag is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 99K(measured from records)
- DKDenmark1 in 168K
- FIFinland1 in 186K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 143 (measured from records)
- 1 in 99K (inferred from the name graph)
973 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
deutscher Familienname nach persönlichem Merkmal: nach dem Wochentag Freitag (wohl für an einem Freitag Geborene); 1534 Träger.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Freytag 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 973 | 1 in 342K | 1K | Freytag | 143 |
| BR Brazil | 133 | 1 in 1.6M | 133 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 85 | 1 in 99K | 85 | Freytag | 18 |
| PL Poland | 44 | 1 in 870K | 29 | Freytag | 1 |
| SE Sweden | 42 | 1 in 243K | 42 | Freytag | 7 |
| DK Denmark | 35 | 1 in 168K | 35 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 30 | 1 in 186K | 30 | — | — |
973 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Adam Freitagb. 1588LTnot in their usual namePolish military engineer
- Wilhelm von Freytagb. 1720DEGerman officer
- Georg Wilhelm Freytagb. 1788DEGerman philologist
- Gustav Freytagb. 1816PLGerman writer and politician (1816-1895)
- Elsa von Freytag-Loringhovenb. 1874DEGerman artist and poet (1874 –1927)
- Walter Freytagb. 1892DEGerman military officer (1892-1982)
- Wessel Freytag von Loringhovenb. 1899LVMember of the German resistance (1899–1944)
- Bernd Freytag von Loringhovenb. 1914DEGerman general (1914–2007)
- Siegfried Freytagb. 1919FRGerman flying ace (1919–2003)
- Verena S. Freytagb. 1973DEGerman author
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,283 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 973 | #25,430 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 948 | #24,680 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 133 | #50,927 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 85 | #12,519 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 42 | #14,415 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 35 | #14,381 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #35,222 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 29 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 29 | #71,290 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 15 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 15 | #105,632 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Freytag?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɹeɪtəɡ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Freytag mean?
- Recorded meaning: deutscher Familienname nach persönlichem Merkmal: nach dem Wochentag Freitag (wohl für an einem Freitag Geborene); 1534 Träger.
- In which country does Freytag have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 973 people named Freytag, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled freytag.
- Where is Freytag most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Freytag is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 99 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Freytag?
- In the United States, the national register counted 973 people named Freytag in 2010, about 1 in 342 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/freytagThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Freytag”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.