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Franklin

in North Dakota

There are 80 people with the last name "Franklin" in North Dakota.

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Ranking in North Dakota

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Franklin 899
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  1. is 895th most common Timm
  2. is 896th most common Zastoupil
  3. is 897th most common Zimmer
  4. is 898th most common Francis
  5. is 899th most common Franklin
  6. is 900th most common Gerhardt
  7. is 901st most common Holmen
  8. is 902nd most common Horn
  9. is 903rd most common Huffman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Franklin

William, Elizabeth, Lyle, Chad, Donald, Erica, Jerry, Michael, Ricky, Shawn

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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