Popularity of the last name by country
Ireland
- Limerick (901)
- Dublin (875)
- Wexford (541)
- Tipperary (456)
- Cork (299)
- Waterford (178)
- Mayo (149)
- Carlow (148)
- Leix {Queens, Laois} (86)
- Wicklow (82)
- Clare (57)
- Offaly {Kings} (56)
- Louth (49)
- Cavan (32)
- Galway (29)
- Kilkenny (22)
- Roscommon (21)
- Kildare (18)
- Westmeath (15)
- Sligo (13)
- Leitrim (9)
- Donegal (6)
- Longford (6)
- Kerry (5)
- Monoghan (3)
All countries
- United States (166,697)
- United Kingdom (106,191)
- France (12,543)
- Australia (6,666)
- Ireland (5,349)
- New Zealand (4,771)
- Unknown country (4,747)
- Canada (3,105)
- Netherlands (1,572)
- Germany (1,273)
- Sweden (1,265)
- Switzerland (706)
- Italy (553)
- Austria (515)
- Spain (389)
- Belgium (316)
- China (218)
- Mexico (211)
- India (209)
- Russian Federation (205)
- Poland (175)
- Denmark (173)
- Colombia (152)
- Indonesia (145)
- Norway (136)
- Brazil (129)
- Greece (129)
- South Africa (91)
- Turkey (81)
- Malta (80)
- Peru (75)
- Portugal (70)
- Lebanon (68)
- Jamaica (66)
- Hungary (60)
- Argentina (58)
- Chile (58)
- Gibraltar (58)
- Estonia (56)
- Algeria (53)
Origine of last name
FRANKLIN : 1: English: status name from Middle English frankeleyn ‘freeman freeholder land-owner of free but not noble birth’ (Anglo-Norman French fraunclein). In general he was a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.2: Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames such as <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Frankel">Frankel</a>.
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