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>.