as a Last Name
- 126,108
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Franklin
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 240th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 126,108
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Guam
- has the most people named Franklin per capita
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