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Where Does The Last Name Franken Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Franken (Russian: Франкен) is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms: Frankén. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Franken? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 22,662^nd most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 304,028 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Franken live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe. Franken is also the 864,112^th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 117 people.

The last name Franken is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 9,313 people, or 1 in 8,644. In Germany Franken is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent reside. Not including Germany Franken occurs in 71 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Franken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Franken has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,740 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 740 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Franken Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Franken surname are 26.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.64% being registered with the political party.

The amount Franken earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 2.84% less than the national average, earning 336,254 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.98% more than the national average, earning R 311,256 per year; in United States they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning $49,124 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.64% less than the national average, earning $49,363 CAD per year.