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Franklin

in Massachusetts

There are 1,040 people with the last name "Franklin" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Franklin 671
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  1. is 667th most common Ray
  2. is 668th most common Condon
  3. is 669th most common Jensen
  4. is 670th most common Payne
  5. is 671st most common Franklin
  6. is 672nd most common Becker
  7. is 673rd most common Gleason
  8. is 674th most common Frazier
  9. is 675th most common Desouza

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Franklin

David, James, Richard, Michael, William, John, Peter, Robert, Mary

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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