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Franklin

in North Carolina

There are 3,627 people with the last name "Franklin" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Franklin 238
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  1. is 234th most common Saunders
  2. is 235th most common Ramsey
  3. is 236th most common Huffman
  4. is 237th most common Wheeler
  5. is 238th most common Franklin
  6. is 239th most common Chambers
  7. is 240th most common Norman
  8. is 241st most common Hinson
  9. is 242nd most common Robbins

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Franklin

James, John, David, Robert, William, Michael, Charles, Linda, Richard, 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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