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

Franken (Russian: Франкен) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Frankén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 22,662^nd most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 304,028 people. The last name Franken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Franken are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 864,112^th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 117 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 9,313 people, or 1 in 8,644. In Germany Franken is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 4 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 71 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 34 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Franken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Franken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Franken surname 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 holding the Franken surname are 26.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.64% 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.