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Early Origins of the Freudenburg family

The surname Freudenburg was first found in Baden, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. Frauendorf is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. And in the Bavarian region of Upper Franconia, Frauendorf is a borough of Bad Staffelstein that dates back to 1070.

Early History of the Freudenburg family

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Freudenburg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Frauenberg, Frauendorf, Frauenstein, Fraunberg, Fraunhofen, Freudenberg and many more.

Early Notables of the Freudenburg family

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Freudenburg Ranking

In the United States, the name Freudenburg is the 13,062nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Freudenburg family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Andreas Freudenberg, who settled in America in 1764-1798; Johannes Freudenberger, who arrived in Halifax, N.S. in 1781; Johannes Frauendorf, who came to North America in 1783.


Contemporary Notables of the name Freudenburg (post 1700) +

  • William Robert Freudenburg (1951-2010), American environmental sociologist and social theorist from Madison, Nebraska


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/


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