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Franklin

in South Carolina

There are 1,991 people with the last name "Franklin" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Franklin 219
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  1. is 215th most common Douglas
  2. is 216th most common Brock
  3. is 217th most common Stokes
  4. is 218th most common Glenn
  5. is 219th most common Franklin
  6. is 220th most common Fleming
  7. is 221st most common Page
  8. is 222nd most common Harper
  9. is 223rd most common Payne

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Franklin

James, William, John, Barbara, Robert, Mary, David, Patricia, Betty, Charles

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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