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Franklin

in Vermont

There are 114 people with the last name "Franklin" in Vermont.

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Ranking in Vermont

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Franklin 834
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  1. is 830th most common Butterfield
  2. is 831st most common Corcoran
  3. is 832nd most common Crandall
  4. is 833rd most common Drew
  5. is 834th most common Franklin
  6. is 835th most common Hicks
  7. is 836th most common Lathrop
  8. is 837th most common Mcdermott
  9. is 838th most common Ainsworth

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Franklin

Robert, Amanda, Dale, Deborah, James, Jason, Timothy, Alfred, Allen, Amy

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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