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Franklin

in Florida

There are 5,229 people with the last name "Franklin" in Florida.

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Franklin 273
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  1. is 269th most common Maldonado
  2. is 270th most common Barrett
  3. is 271st most common Klein
  4. is 272nd most common Perkins
  5. is 273rd most common Franklin
  6. is 274th most common Francis
  7. is 275th most common Schneider
  8. is 276th most common Welch
  9. is 277th most common Roman

Similar Names and Nicknames

Francis, Frank, Franco, Franks, Francisco, Francois, France, Franz, Frantz, Franke

Most Common First Names for Franklin

James, John, Robert, David, William, Michael, Richard, Thomas, George, Joseph

Meaning & History

English: status name from Middle English frankelin ‘franklin’, a technical term of the feudal system, from Anglo-Norman French franc ‘free’ (see Frank 2) + the Germanic suffix -ling. The status of the franklin varied somewhat according to time and place in medieval England; in general, he was a free man and a holder of fairly extensive areas of land, a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.

The surname is also borne by Jews, in which case it represents an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

In modern times, this has been used to Americanize François, the French form of Francis.

FOREBEARS The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated in about 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.

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