Frampton Surname

43,782nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica

Frampton Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Frampton = 1 Fram(a)’s Estate [Old English fram, vigorous, &c. = Scandinavian fram, forward, fore; tún, estate] 2 Fræna’s Estate [Old English tún] The Dorsetshire Frampton occurs in Domesday Book as Frantone.

Frampton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4691:81,1059,221
England4,0881:13,6302,013
Australia1,2161:22,2003,063
Canada1,0231:36,0174,595
New Zealand4051:11,1811,953
Wales1291:23,9892,518
Scotland981:54,6314,602
South Africa931:582,55644,854
Northern Ireland561:32,9473,302
Jamaica451:63,7773,321
Dominica371:2,051320
France341:1,953,609166,012
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Belize141:25,3911,935
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Ireland141:336,35312,021
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2861:10,6631,629
Wales281:56,0152,800
Guernsey261:1,256219
Jersey111:4,717830
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5631:89,1989,217

Frampton (173) may also be a first name.

Frampton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Frampton = 1 Fram(a)’s Estate [Old English fram, vigorous, &c. = Scandinavian fram, forward, fore; tún, estate] 2 Fræna’s Estate [Old English tún] The Dorsetshire Frampton occurs in Domesday Book as Frantone.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes, &c., in cos. Dorset, Gloucester, Lincoln, &c. The Framptons of the first-named county have resided at Moreton from 1385. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Dorset, Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Frampton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Frampton Come From? nationality or country of origin

Frampton is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Frampton? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 43,782nd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 613,843 people. The last name Frampton is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Frampton are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Frampton is also the 694,534th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 173 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,469 people, or 1 in 81,105. In The United States Frampton is primarily concentrated in: Utah, where 11 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Frampton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frampton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Frampton surname expanded 794 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 461 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,960 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Frampton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Frampton last name is chiefly Anglican (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Frampton surname are 16.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.97% being registered with the party.

The amount Frampton earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.94% more than the national average, earning R 334,920 per year; in United States they earn 0.26% more than the national average, earning $43,260 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.21% less than the national average, earning $47,095 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Franmpton944/
Framptton941/
Framptom8817/
Franpton887/
Frompton883/
Frempton881/
Framptan880/
Frannpton821/
Fronpton750/
Franptom750/

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Frampton Reference & Research

Frampton FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Frampton
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