Popularity of the last name by country
United Kingdom
- Essex (22,193)
- Kent (18,935)
- London (14,190)
- Suffolk (13,274)
- Warwickshire (6,497)
- Norfolk (6,124)
- Devon (5,923)
- County Durham (4,785)
- Lancashire (4,645)
- Hampshire (4,229)
- Gloucestershire (4,223)
- Hertfordshire (4,169)
- Surrey (4,052)
- Strathclyde (4,013)
- Cornwall (3,788)
- Northamptonshire (3,699)
- Cambridgeshire (3,312)
- Somerset (3,155)
- Dorset (3,100)
- Northumberland (2,947)
- North Yorkshire (2,636)
- Oxfordshire (2,480)
- Buckinghamshire (2,394)
- Lincolnshire (2,380)
- Lothian (2,375)
- Derbyshire (2,346)
- East Sussex (2,338)
- Wiltshire (1,948)
- Herefordshire and Worcester (1,716)
- Berkshire (1,388)
- Antrim (1,300)
- Leicestershire (1,292)
- Staffordshire (1,289)
- Bedfordshire (1,080)
- Dumfries and Galloway (849)
- West Sussex (839)
- Grampian (813)
- Cheshire (768)
- Cumbria (636)
- Avon (497)
- Nottinghamshire (382)
- Cleveland (268)
- Fifeshire (257)
- South Glamorgan (254)
- Gwent (214)
- Shropshire (204)
- Tyne and Wear (194)
- Londonderry (167)
- Merseyside (150)
- Tayside (130)
- West Yorkshire (130)
- South Yorkshire (117)
- Central (108)
- Jersey (93)
- Armagh (89)
- West Midlands (85)
- Borders (82)
- Isle of Man (81)
- West Glamorgan (79)
- Down (68)
All countries
- United Kingdom (185,681)
- United States (185,351)
- Ireland (11,795)
- New Zealand (10,202)
- Australia (9,336)
- France (6,438)
- Canada (6,127)
- Unknown country (4,143)
- Germany (1,034)
- Belgium (884)
- Italy (774)
- India (456)
- Spain (408)
- Netherlands (364)
- Switzerland (243)
- Mexico (218)
- Colombia (190)
- Argentina (186)
- Russian Federation (171)
- Denmark (143)
- China (141)
- Portugal (138)
- Egypt (123)
- Greece (107)
- Guadeloupe (101)
- Turkey (101)
- Austria (100)
- Peru (99)
- Indonesia (97)
- Jamaica (93)
- Poland (77)
- Lebanon (76)
- Sweden (71)
- South Africa (64)
- Panama (58)
- Algeria (55)
- Norway (55)
- Philippines (52)
- Ecuador (48)
- Gibraltar (45)
Origine of last name
FRENCH : English:: 1: ethnic name for someone from France from Middle English frensh frenche ‘French’ (Old English frencisc) or in some cases perhaps a nickname for someone who adopted French airs.2: variant of Anglo-Norman French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Frain">Frain</a>.
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