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Franklin

in the US

There are 90,852 people with the last name "Franklin" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Franklin 234
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  1. is 230th most common Lynch
  2. is 231st most common Obrien
  3. is 232nd most common Dean
  4. is 233rd most common Harvey
  5. is 234th most common Franklin
  6. is 235th most common Montgomery
  7. is 236th most common Hanson
  8. is 237th most common Howell
  9. is 238th most common Oliver

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Franklin

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

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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