Franklin Surname
Approximately 222,591 people bear this surname
Franklin Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Free Man, Freeholder [Middle English frankeleyn, &c., Anglo-French frankelayn, Low Latin francalan-us, franchilan-us; v. under] Frank and France A frankeleyn At sessiouns ther was he lord and sire; Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire.
Read More About This SurnameFranklin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 150,467 | 1:2,409 | 238 |
| England | 18,740 | 1:2,973 | 392 |
| Chad | 16,176 | 1:840 | 134 |
| Australia | 8,341 | 1:3,237 | 453 |
| Nigeria | 7,519 | 1:23,559 | 2,071 |
| Canada | 4,742 | 1:7,770 | 1,138 |
| Brazil | 1,982 | 1:108,009 | 4,071 |
| New Zealand | 1,506 | 1:3,007 | 458 |
| India | 1,400 | 1:547,904 | 26,999 |
| Dominican Republic | 778 | 1:13,410 | 1,015 |
| South Africa | 715 | 1:75,773 | 9,417 |
| Wales | 564 | 1:5,487 | 612 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Ireland | 465 | 1:10,127 | 1,329 |
| Jamaica | 464 | 1:6,185 | 774 |
| Liberia | 415 | 1:10,623 | 1,170 |
| Barbados | 379 | 1:758 | 192 |
| Sweden | 366 | 1:26,904 | 2,190 |
| France | 361 | 1:183,996 | 28,633 |
| Scotland | 349 | 1:15,340 | 1,924 |
| Russia | 321 | 1:448,981 | 42,376 |
| Colombia | 286 | 1:167,042 | 4,565 |
| Kenya | 285 | 1:162,035 | 12,648 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 285 | 1:4,786 | 777 |
| Panama | 269 | 1:14,544 | 1,115 |
| Guyana | 267 | 1:2,855 | 526 |
| Mexico | 255 | 1:486,769 | 8,846 |
| Thailand | 245 | 1:288,320 | 49,635 |
| Venezuela | 240 | 1:125,850 | 4,170 |
| Northern Ireland | 228 | 1:8,092 | 1,363 |
| Nicaragua | 213 | 1:28,268 | 1,110 |
| Germany | 212 | 1:379,743 | 35,740 |
| Indonesia | 199 | 1:664,569 | 51,932 |
| Cameroon | 189 | 1:109,889 | 12,825 |
| Haiti | 186 | 1:57,440 | 3,324 |
| Belize | 174 | 1:2,043 | 460 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Spain | 134 | 1:348,896 | 20,016 |
| Malaysia | 125 | 1:235,954 | 13,459 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Peru | 99 | 1:321,052 | 11,618 |
| Philippines | 97 | 1:1,043,693 | 87,866 |
| Bermuda | 90 | 1:725 | 108 |
| Netherlands | 85 | 1:198,673 | 27,603 |
| Israel | 84 | 1:101,877 | 11,676 |
| Cuba | 80 | 1:144,034 | 3,585 |
| Argentina | 74 | 1:577,614 | 41,358 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Switzerland | 68 | 1:120,778 | 12,249 |
| Japan | 65 | 1:1,966,835 | 27,587 |
| Belarus | 56 | 1:169,662 | 22,625 |
| Chile | 45 | 1:391,477 | 10,650 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 42 | 1:2,628 | 454 |
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 |
| Norway | 40 | 1:128,557 | 16,659 |
| China | 37 | 1:36,954,637 | 1,973 |
| Anguilla | 36 | 1:373 | 37 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Cyprus | 27 | 1:32,773 | 3,506 |
| Honduras | 27 | 1:326,535 | 2,797 |
| Ecuador | 26 | 1:611,763 | 11,738 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 1:707,300 | 46,975 |
| Jersey | 24 | 1:4,133 | 843 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 1:4,312 | 570 |
| Isle of Man | 23 | 1:3,731 | 815 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Oman | 19 | 1:194,104 | 3,633 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | 1:538,957 | 23,493 |
| Ghana | 16 | 1:1,688,793 | 11,528 |
| Grenada | 16 | 1:6,783 | 683 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 1:458,468 | 3,288 |
| Saint Lucia | 16 | 1:11,174 | 1,095 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 1:4,915 | 636 |
| South Korea | 13 | 1:3,941,558 | 724 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 1:7,886 | 671 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 1:16,094 | 893 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Angola | 5 | 1:5,397,843 | 6,980 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Mozambique | 5 | 1:5,452,314 | 4,256 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 1:4,161,712 | 12,121 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Togo | 2 | 1:3,623,884 | 11,997 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 428 | 1:10,350 | 1,488 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,769 | 1:2,495 | 358 |
| Wales | 135 | 1:11,618 | 699 |
| Scotland | 57 | 1:65,670 | 3,971 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,881 | 1:2,103 | 220 |
The alternate forms: Franklín (21) are calculated separately.
Franklin (543,365) may also be a first name.
Franklin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Free Man, Freeholder [Middle English frankeleyn, &c., Anglo-French frankelayn, Low Latin francalan-us, franchilan-us; v. under] Frank and France A frankeleyn At sessiouns ther was he lord and sire; Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire.
A shirreve [sheriff] hadde he been, and a countour, Was nowher such a worthy vavasour.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 331 sqq.
And tho [those] that bicome cristene, Bi counseil of the baptisme, Aren frankaleyns, free men.
Piers Plowman, 13,034-6.
Middle-English frankeleyn, i.e. freeholder. This name has long been established in Cos. Limerick and Tipperary. MIF 281*
“Freehold Farmer” in Old English.
(English) A freeholder who held substantial land for which he paid only a small rent and who rendered little or no service to the lord.
In the H.R. Franckleyn, Frankelain (with and without the prefix Le), Franklanus, &c. Halliwell's definition is "a large freeholder." Properly the son or descendant of a vilein, who had become rich; but the term was also applied to fanners and country gentlemen of inconsiderable property. Chaucer's description, however, makes the Franklin a much more important personage. See English Surn., i. 127-8.
Anciently, in England, a "superior freeholder,"next below gentlemen in dignity, now called country Squires. Fortescue says (De Leg. Ang.), "Moreover England is so filled and replenished with landed menne, that therein the smallest thorpe can not be found wherin dwelleth not a knight or an esquire, or such a householder as is there commonly called a Franklin, enriched with great possessions, and also other freeholders, and many yeomen, able for their livelyhood to make a jury in form aforementioned."So Chaucer, in his Canterbury Tales;
"A Franklin was in this companie,
White was his beard, as is the dayesie."
Franchilanus, or Le Fraunclein, meant a free tenant, holding by military service (Du Cange). It included both native and foreign families, but probably the latter bore chiefly the name Fraunclein, the former the English form Freeman. The name was not used in Normandy.
(English), Freeholder. (variant: Freyhofer and Sondermann.)
Oxfordshire has been for ages one of the principal homes of the Franklins. The name, which in early times, as well as in those of Shakespeare, often signified a freeholder, is also established in Bucks, Berks, Beds, Herts, Essex, and Northamptonshire, so that it may be said to occupy a somewhat circumscribed and continuous area. In the 13th century its usual forms were Frankelayn, Frankeleyn, Fraunkelayn, Fraunkeleyn, sometimes preceded by "Le" and "De," Frankelin being rare (H. R.); it was then especially numerous in Oxfordshire, and also in fair numbers in Bucks and Wilts (H. R.), so that it would appear that in those early times, as in our own day, Oxfordshire and Bucks stood foremost amongst the English counties for their proportion of the Franklins.
Franklin Demographics
Average Franklin Salary in
United States
$39,574 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Franklin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Franklin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Franklin (Arabic: فرانكلن, Hindi: फ्रैंकलिन, Marathi: न्कलीन, Oriya: ଲିନ, Russian: Франклин) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Franklín. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Franklin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,485th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 32,740 people. The surname Franklin is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Franklin reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Franklin is also the 1,836th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 543,365 people.
The surname Franklin is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 150,467 people, or 1 in 2,409. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States Franklin occurs in 164 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent are found and Chad, where 7 percent are found.
Franklin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Franklin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Franklin surname rose 630 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 192 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 418 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 109 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 612 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Franklin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Franklin last name is predominantly Catholic (78%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Franklin surname are 10.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.76% registered with the political party.
The amount Franklin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 22.19% less than the national average, earning €23,365 per year; in Norway they earn 12.2% less than the national average, earning 303,845 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.96% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,842 per year; in South Africa they earn 51.46% more than the national average, earning R 359,916 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.79% less than the national average, earning $20,480,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.29% less than the national average, earning $39,574 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.44% more than the national average, earning $52,388 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklín | 96 | 21 | / |
| Francklin | 94 | 6,541 | / |
| Frankllin | 94 | 33 | / |
| Franklina | 94 | 8 | / |
| Frankklin | 94 | 7 | / |
| Frannklin | 94 | 7 | / |
| Frainklin | 94 | 6 | / |
| Franklinn | 94 | 5 | / |
| Franklion | 94 | 4 | / |
| Ffranklin | 94 | 4 | / |
| Fraanklin | 94 | 4 | / |
| Franklien | 94 | 3 | / |
| Freanklin | 94 | 3 | / |
| Frranklin | 94 | 2 | / |
| Frangklin | 94 | 2 | / |
| Frankclin | 94 | 1 | / |
| Frankln | 93 | 22 | / |
| Franckllin | 89 | 1 | / |
| Francklinn | 89 | 1 | / |
| Francklina | 89 | 1 | / |
| Franklyn | 88 | 4,195 | / |
| Franclin | 88 | 1,930 | / |
| Franklen | 88 | 77 | / |
| Frankiln | 88 | 47 | / |
| Frankyln | 88 | 7 | / |
| Franqlin | 88 | 6 | / |
| Franklln | 88 | 1 | / |
| Franklinová | 84 | 7 | / |
| Franklinova | 84 | 1 | / |
| Francklyn | 82 | 65 | / |
| Phranklin | 82 | 13 | / |
| Franklynn | 82 | 9 | / |
| Frankleen | 82 | 7 | / |
| Franklene | 82 | 7 | / |
| Frankleun | 82 | 1 | / |
| Frannklyn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Frankilne | 82 | 1 | / |
| Frankllen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Francellin | 78 | 18 | / |
| Franckllyn | 78 | 3 | / |
| Francillin | 78 | 2 | / |
| Frankllynn | 78 | 1 | / |
| Franclim | 75 | 13 | / |
| Franclyn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Franqlim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fromklin | 75 | 0 | / |
| Franchellin | 74 | 69 | / |
| Phromklin | 59 | 35 | / |
| Phromkling | 56 | 125 | / |
Franklin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିନ | lina | 66.67 |
| ଲିନ୍ାଇଁ | lina'im | 16.67 |
| ଲିନ୍ | lin | 16.67 |
| Franklin in the Hindi language | ||
| फ्रैंकलिन | phrainkalina | 31.25 |
| फ्रेंकलिन | phrenkalina | 12.5 |
| फरंकलीन | pharankalina | 12.5 |
| फ्रेकलिंग | phrekalinga | 6.25 |
| फ्रैकलीन | phraikalina | 6.25 |
| फ्रैंकलीन | phrainkalina | 6.25 |
| फैंकलिन | phainkalina | 6.25 |
| फ्रेन्कलीन | phrenkalina | 6.25 |
| फकलिन | phakalina | 6.25 |
| फ्रैक्लिन | phraiklina | 6.25 |
| Franklin in the Marathi language | ||
| न्कलीन | nkalina | 23.53 |
| ान्कलीन | ankalina | 11.76 |
| ाकलीन | akalina | 11.76 |
| ांकलीन | ankalina | 5.88 |
| नादारान्कीन | nadarankina | 5.88 |
| ऱन्कलीन | rankalina | 5.88 |
| नाडारान्कलीन | nadarankalina | 5.88 |
| ेणोरान्कलीन | enorankalina | 5.88 |
| रोहनांकलीन | rohanankalina | 5.88 |
| कर्रोलांकलीन | karrolankalina | 5.88 |
| फनाकलीन | phanakalina | 5.88 |
| ककलीन | kakalina | 5.88 |
| Franklin in the Russian language | ||
| Франклин | franklin | - |
| Franklin in the Arabic language | ||
| فرانكلن | frankln | - |
| فرانكلين | franklyn | - |
| فرنكلين | frnklyn | - |
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