Freese

Freese is a Low German family name and is a variant of Friese with the same meaning.

distribution

The name Freese and its variants are quite common in Germany. The focus of the occurrence is in East Frisia and the neighboring regions. It is also common in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Name bearer

• Anja Freese (* 1965), German actress
• Anna-Lena Freese (* 1994), German athlete
• Bertus Freese (1902-1959), Dutch football player
• Burkhard Freese (1957–2013), German cyclist, GDR champion
• Carl Freese (1807–1892), German philologist and educator, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• David Freese (born 1983), American baseball player
• Detlef Freese , German basketball player
• Dieter Freese (* 1939), German robbery murderer
• Elke Freese (1964–2012), German landscape ecologist
• Eva Freese (* 1963), German actress
• Gunhild Freese , German journalist
• Hans Freese (sculptor) (before 1690 - after 1710), German sculptor and carver
• Hans Freese (painter) (1886–1966), German painter
• Hans Freese (architect) (1889–1953), German architect and university professor
• Hans Freese (swimmer) (1918–1941), German swimmer
• Hans Freese (musician) , German musician (active from 1950 to 1970)
• Heinrich Freese (1853–1944), German manufacturer and social reformer
• Heinz-Dieter Freese (* 1957), German pastor and aerial photograph archaeologist
• Hermann Freese (1819–1871), German painter
• Horst Freese (* 1944), German speed skater
• Jakob Freese (1720–1778), Stralsund sculptor
• Jan Freese (* 1973), German stage designer
• Jannik Freese (* 1986), German basketball player
• Jason Freese (* 1975), American rock musician
• Josh Freese (born 1972), American drummer
• Katherine Freese (* 1957), American physicist of German origin
• Louis Freese (* 1970), American rapper, see B-Real
• Ludwig Freese (1859–1936), German architect and secret senior building officer
• Maren-Kea Freese (* 1960), German film director and screenwriter
• Olaf Freese (* 1968), German lighting designer who mainly works for opera productions
• Otto Freese (1927–2009), German architect and head of building authorities in Freiburg, Bremen and Hamburg
• Peter Freese (1939-2020), German Americanist
• Roland Freese (* 1958), German forensic social psychiatrist
• Rudolf Freese (1879–1963), German politician (FDP)
• Theophilus Wilhelm Freese (1696–1763), sculptor from Bremen, see Theophilus Wilhelm Frese
• Ulrich Freese (* 1951), German politician (SPD)
• Uwe Freese (* 1957), German cyclist

There are also

• in Dornum a Grandma-Freese-Huus as a museum
• Freese family, fictional main characters in radio comedy We are the Freeses

Name variants

Germany

Freese, Frese , Fries , Friese , Frehse , de Freese, de Frese, de Fries, de Friese, de Vreese, de Vrese, de Vries, de Vrieze, Vriese

Belgium

Frees, Frese, Fries, Friese, de Fries, de Vreese, de Vreeze, de Vries, de Vrieze

Netherlands

Frees, Frese, Fries, Friese, de Vreese, de Vreeze, De Vries , de Vriese, de Vrieze

USA (only for the 50,000 most common names)

Freese, Frees, Frese, Fries, Friese, Defreese, Defrese, Defries , Devries