Franklin Forename

1,836^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 543,365 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Saint Martin

Franklin Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: A freeman.

Franklin Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	100%	101,235	1:3,581	581
Venezuela	100%	73,747	1:410	43
Ecuador	-	51,897	1:342	65
Philippines	99%	33,174	1:3,196	592
Nigeria	100%	28,745	1:6,177	935
Brazil	100%	26,199	1:8,177	984
Dominican Republic	-	24,481	1:426	50
Colombia	100%	24,415	1:1,957	279
Ghana	100%	22,081	1:1,222	247
Peru	100%	17,368	1:1,830	359
Honduras	100%	12,364	1:713	124
Bolivia	100%	10,693	1:991	239
Nicaragua	100%	9,589	1:628	114
Kenya	100%	9,179	1:5,045	793
Angola	100%	7,693	1:3,505	596
Costa Rica	100%	7,408	1:644	133
Cameroon	100%	7,093	1:3,047	546
Panama	100%	6,946	1:562	78
Sierra Leone	-	4,918	1:1,441	297
South Africa	100%	4,496	1:12,129	1,946
Saudi Arabia	-	4,429	1:6,957	1,064
El Salvador	-	4,136	1:1,533	243
Madagascar	100%	3,930	1:6,013	1,171
Mexico	100%	3,481	1:35,663	1,614
India	99%	2,925	1:415,343	35,264
Chile	98%	2,601	1:6,769	614
DR Congo	99%	2,547	1:28,986	2,164
Chad	100%	2,533	1:5,368	834
Guatemala	100%	2,493	1:6,461	712
Malawi	100%	2,094	1:8,172	978
Canada	100%	1,968	1:16,836	1,618
Netherlands	100%	1,737	1:9,731	1,210
Liberia	99%	1,722	1:2,562	367
England	100%	1,650	1:33,699	1,822
Jamaica	-	1,620	1:1,780	412
Argentina	100%	1,313	1:32,577	1,159
Indonesia	100%	1,153	1:223,733	21,033
Curaçao	100%	1,149	1:136	10
Sri Lanka	-	1,073	1:19,384	2,577
Cuba	-	922	1:12,480	856
Malaysia	99%	894	1:34,060	3,057
Togo	-	742	1:9,756	1,430
Spain	100%	720	1:64,625	2,307
Tanzania	100%	713	1:74,037	4,674
Haiti	100%	567	1:18,919	1,610
Bangladesh	-	550	1:289,930	13,006
France	100%	501	1:132,675	2,575
Suriname	100%	494	1:1,119	222
Uruguay	100%	481	1:7,126	609
Congo	100%	457	1:10,961	1,383
Portugal	-	443	1:23,501	1,054
Namibia	-	412	1:5,835	826
Uganda	82%	399	1:102,649	4,634
Aruba	-	380	1:273	14
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	358	1:3,803	710
Zambia	-	351	1:45,170	2,954
Belgium	100%	309	1:37,185	2,117
Saint Martin	-	307	1:116	41
Australia	-	286	1:47,754	2,304
Guyana	100%	265	1:2,880	564
Germany	100%	256	1:377,648	4,460
Guam	-	244	1:658	120
China	-	231	1:5,913,661	55,956
Gabon	100%	200	1:9,417	1,573
Puerto Rico	-	154	1:23,054	967
Belize	100%	139	1:2,549	584
Malta	-	131	1:3,278	529
Qatar	100%	128	1:18,513	2,768
New Zealand	-	115	1:39,444	2,366
Taiwan	91%	114	1:208,506	18,221
Thailand	100%	114	1:614,612	27,053
United States Virgin Islands	-	114	1:963	192
Egypt	100%	108	1:850,935	16,903
Bahrain	-	104	1:12,968	2,016
Zimbabwe	97%	102	1:151,214	9,828
Oman	-	100	1:41,087	2,443
Bahamas	-	98	1:4,075	698
Switzerland	100%	89	1:92,286	3,003
Hong Kong	-	82	1:94,545	2,784
Papua New Guinea	84%	81	1:100,646	9,175
Sweden	100%	81	1:121,703	4,939
Benin	100%	76	1:139,156	7,593
Northern Mariana Islands	-	75	1:729	130
Singapore	100%	71	1:88,550	7,251
Botswana	100%	69	1:31,659	3,460
Ivory Coast	94%	68	1:339,352	14,358
Japan	-	68	1:1,882,148	19,232
Israel	96%	67	1:125,417	4,868
Micronesia	-	66	1:1,614	257
Italy	94%	64	1:954,095	8,381
Paraguay	100%	64	1:113,075	2,633
Kuwait	-	57	1:66,408	5,422
Cayman Islands	100%	55	1:1,115	251
Scotland	100%	55	1:97,279	2,334
Saint Lucia	100%	54	1:3,293	593
Barbados	-	51	1:5,682	816
Russia	93%	48	1:3,004,869	17,521
Solomon Islands	100%	45	1:12,910	1,171
Denmark	-	42	1:134,512	3,493
Mozambique	-	36	1:756,760	1,518
Antigua and Barbuda	-	35	1:2,840	589
Ireland	95%	32	1:145,110	3,095
Cape Verde	-	32	1:16,536	1,360
Albania	100%	30	1:101,552	7,014
Norway	100%	29	1:176,977	4,635
British Virgin Islands	100%	28	1:1,116	260
Wales	100%	26	1:119,012	2,694
Grenada	100%	25	1:4,325	740
Rwanda	-	25	1:454,857	1,393
Anguilla	100%	23	1:576	61
French Polynesia	-	22	1:12,632	1,507
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100%	19	1:2,887	601
Lebanon	86%	18	1:312,643	5,170
Pakistan	100%	17	1:11,432,805	75,526
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	16	1:6,974	1,095
Marshall Islands	100%	13	1:3,941	611
Afghanistan	-	9	1:3,624,835	24,448
Burundi	-	9	1:1,100,729	1,050
Central African Republic	-	9	1:501,710	504
Equatorial Guinea	-	9	1:126,410	509
Morocco	-	9	1:3,816,515	8,291
Poland	100%	9	1:4,225,235	4,388
South Korea	-	9	1:616,047	14,026
Sudan	-	9	1:4,200,775	4,893
Monaco	100%	8	1:4,808	802
Ukraine	-	8	1:5,687,488	9,604
United Arab Emirates	-	8	1:893,999	27,106
Greece	100%	7	1:1,562,078	10,407
Kosovo	-	7	1:265,920	9,118
Northern Ireland	100%	6	1:307,191	2,078
Bermuda	-	6	1:10,804	1,174
Estonia	-	6	1:219,230	6,245
Vietnam	-	6	1:15,437,186	4,625
Austria	100%	5	1:1,702,840	9,344
Belarus	100%	5	1:1,896,477	8,406
Kazakhstan	100%	5	1:3,549,369	21,516
Brunei	-	4	1:104,892	1,566
Gambia	-	4	1:481,649	818
Mali	-	4	1:4,244,439	5,329
Senegal	100%	4	1:3,645,339	17,621
Uzbekistan	100%	4	1:7,696,610	11,277
Algeria	-	3	1:12,725,573	18,455
Jersey	-	3	1:33,327	1,495
Luxembourg	100%	3	1:188,016	3,003
Macau	-	3	1:202,736	1,370
Mauritius	-	3	1:432,595	7,262
Montserrat	-	3	1:1,625	276
Northern Cyprus	-	3	1:106,044	2,485
Yemen	-	3	1:8,765,584	9,038
Bulgaria	100%	2	1:3,495,195	19,668
Czechia	100%	2	1:5,328,081	8,108
Faroe Islands	100%	2	1:24,564	1,836
Maldives	-	2	1:216,952	3,781
Armenia	100%	1	1:2,918,753	14,910
Azerbaijan	100%	1	1:9,642,944	42,290
Burkina Faso	-	1	1:18,379,469	100,219
Cambodia	-	1	1:16,273,330	74,610
Croatia	-	1	1:4,217,076	20,943
Djibouti	-	1	1:915,664	2,132
East Timor	-	1	1:1,218,375	811
Ethiopia	-	1	1:97,560,133	29,608
Fiji	-	1	1:892,378	3,968
Finland	-	1	1:5,483,183	25,487
Georgia	100%	1	1:3,738,466	29,095
Gibraltar	-	1	1:34,138	985
Guinea	-	1	1:11,858,647	7,978
Hungary	100%	1	1:9,791,771	6,528
Iceland	-	1	1:366,017	7,938
Iran	-	1	1:78,496,868	65,150
Iraq	-	1	1:35,017,859	22,933
Latvia	-	1	1:2,015,645	6,531
Lesotho	-	1	1:2,039,997	47,971
Lithuania	-	1	1:2,951,882	5,377
Montenegro	-	1	1:634,576	4,914
Myanmar	-	1	1:51,948,273	3,226
Romania	-	1	1:20,051,976	55,376
São Tomé and Príncipe	100%	1	1:191,997	5,295
Serbia	-	1	1:7,145,721	10,629
Slovakia	-	1	1:5,310,063	9,949
Somalia	-	1	1:13,525,867	7,760
Swaziland	-	1	1:1,300,177	3,374
Tajikistan	-	1	1:8,374,922	7,831
Tunisia	-	1	1:676,902	12,933
Turkey	-	1	1:77,801,709	91,051
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	1	1:34,707	1,398

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The alternate forms: Franklín (9) are calculated separately.

Franklin (222,591) may also be a surname.

Franklin Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A Teutonic name, meaning: A freeman.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

DNA test information

Franklin Forename Popularity

Franklin Demographics

Average Male Franklin Height

174.59^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 2,540 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Franklín	96	9	/
Francklin	94	15,226	/
Franklina	94	3,634	/
Frangklin	94	454	/
Franklien	94	175	/
Frankllin	94	119	/
Franklinn	94	38	/
Frannklin	94	28	/
Frankclin	94	18	/
Frankklin	94	12	/
Frainklin	94	9	/
Ffranklin	94	6	/
Franklhin	94	5	/
Frasnklin	94	4	/
Fraanklin	94	4	/
Wfranklin	94	4	/
Frranklin	94	4	/
Frankhlin	94	3	/
Franklion	94	3	/
Fhranklin	94	2	/
Franhklin	94	2	/
Freanklin	94	2	/
Frhanklin	94	1	/
Franklinc	94	1	/
Hfranklin	94	1	/
Fraynklin	94	1	/
Frankln	93	77	/
Frangklien	89	13	/
Frankillin	89	9	/
Francklina	89	6	/
Frankellin	89	5	/
Franckllin	89	5	/
Frankclint	89	4	/
Francklinn	89	3	/
Franklinth	89	2	/
Francklien	89	2	/
Frankyllin	89	2	/
Franklindh	89	1	/
Franklllin	89	1	/
Frannklind	89	1	/
Frannkling	89	1	/
Frannklinn	89	1	/
Francklind	89	1	/
Francklink	89	1	/
Franccklin	89	1	/
Frankiliin	89	1	/
Franklinia	89	1	/
Frankllina	89	1	/
Frankllinn	89	1	/
Franklyn	88	40,499	/
Franclin	88	4,265	/
Frankyln	88	1,339	/
Franklen	88	557	/
Frankiln	88	140	/
Franqlin	88	43	/
Franklne	88	4	/
Franklln	88	3	/
Frankeln	88	2	/
Franklhn	88	1	/
Franckyllin	84	1	/
Frankellina	84	1	/
Frankllinne	84	1	/
Francklyn	82	317	/
Phranklin	82	269	/
Franklyna	82	165	/
Franklene	82	161	/
Frankleen	82	86	/
Franklynn	82	80	/
Frankllyn	82	65	/
Franclina	82	15	/
Franklenn	82	10	/
Franqulin	82	10	/
Francklen	82	8	/
Frangklyn	82	7	/
Francling	82	7	/
Frangklen	82	6	/
Frankllim	82	6	/
Frannklyn	82	5	/
Frankllen	82	5	/
Franclien	82	4	/
Francllin	82	3	/
Fraanclin	82	2	/
Frankilne	82	2	/
Frankilng	82	2	/
Frangclin	82	2	/
Freinklin	82	1	/
Fraynclin	82	1	/
Freanclin	82	1	/
Frangklim	82	1	/
Franhclin	82	1	/
Frankclyn	82	1	/
Franklhyn	82	1	/
Franklynd	82	1	/
Franklyon	82	1	/
Frannclin	82	1	/
Franckiln	82	1	/
Franclind	82	1	/
Franclint	82	1	/
Fraanklyn	82	1	/
Framcklin	82	1	/
Ffranclin	82	1	/
Pfranklyn	82	1	/
Frank'len	82	1	/
Frinkline	82	1	/
Frangulin	82	1	/
Francqlin	82	1	/
Faranklyn	82	1	/
Frankwillian	80	1	/
Phrangklin	78	51	/
Phranklina	78	12	/
Franklynne	78	10	/
Francklene	78	8	/
Frankillyn	78	4	/
Franncklyn	78	3	/
Francellin	78	3	/
Francillin	78	3	/
Frankellen	78	3	/
Franklenne	78	3	/
Franckllyn	78	3	/
Franckleen	78	2	/
Frankellyn	78	2	/
Frankyllen	78	2	/
Frankclenn	78	1	/
Frankkleen	78	1	/
Frannkklyn	78	1	/
Frannkllen	78	1	/
Frannklynn	78	1	/
Franqulina	78	1	/
Francklent	78	1	/
Francklyng	78	1	/
Franclinck	78	1	/
Franclinne	78	1	/
Phrankklin	78	1	/
Frannkllyn	78	1	/
Franqlinne	78	1	/
Frenkliana	78	1	/
Frnakillin	78	1	/
Franckllen	78	1	/
Frangkleen	78	1	/
Frankclene	78	1	/
Frankyalen	78	1	/
Franclim	75	599	/
Franclyn	75	83	/
Franclen	75	41	/
Franqlim	75	9	/
Franclne	75	7	/
Framklyn	75	2	/
Franciln	75	1	/
Framclin	75	1	/
Frankiellen	74	2	/
Franchellin	74	2	/
Franquellin	74	1	/
Frankeullen	74	1	/
Franclene	71	12	/
Franclynn	71	3	/
Phranklyn	71	2	/
Francleen	71	2	/
Frangclen	71	1	/
Franquiln	71	1	/
Franclenn	71	1	/
Phrankiln	71	1	/
Phrankyln	71	1	/
Varinklin	71	1	/
Frncolina	71	1	/
Frnculino	71	1	/
Frankllym	71	1	/
Farnkleen	71	1	/
Frankwillyan	70	3	/
Franquillina	70	1	/
Francquillin	70	1	/
Faranicoline	70	1	/
Francellen	67	7	/
Frankillym	67	2	/
Francellyn	67	2	/
Freinkleen	67	1	/
Francillyn	67	1	/
Fraancleen	67	1	/
Framcklimg	67	1	/
Franquilno	67	1	/
Frneekleen	67	1	/

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Franklin Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Franklin in the Russian language
Франклин	franklin	-

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Footnotes

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Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Franklin