Freire
See also: freire
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Freire (plural Freires)
- A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Freire is the 12514th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2477 individuals. Freire is most common among Hispanic/Latino (66.49%) and White (30.36%) individuals.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Freire m
- a surname
References edit
- “Freire” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Freire” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Galician Freire, from freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Freire m or f by sense
- a surname from Galician