Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Noord-Holland (200)
- Gelderland (117)
- Zuid-Holland (84)
- Zeeland (30)
- Overijssel (22)
- Fryslân | Friesland (20)
- Utrecht (20)
- Groningen (14)
- Limburg (13)
- Noord-Brabant (13)
- Drenthe (9)
All countries
- United States (166,710)
- United Kingdom (106,397)
- France (12,554)
- Australia (6,657)
- Ireland (5,361)
- New Zealand (4,775)
- Unknown country (4,747)
- Canada (3,106)
- Netherlands (1,569)
- Germany (1,277)
- Sweden (1,241)
- Switzerland (705)
- Italy (557)
- Austria (512)
- Spain (389)
- Belgium (292)
- China (216)
- India (211)
- Mexico (211)
- Russian Federation (205)
- Poland (176)
- Denmark (174)
- Colombia (152)
- Indonesia (144)
- Norway (137)
- Greece (130)
- Brazil (110)
- South Africa (100)
- Turkey (81)
- Malta (80)
- Peru (74)
- Portugal (70)
- Lebanon (68)
- Jamaica (66)
- Hungary (60)
- Gibraltar (58)
- Argentina (57)
- Chile (57)
- 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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