Franklins Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Franklins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Franklins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Franklins (144) may also be a first name.

Franklins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Franklins is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Franklins? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Franklins is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Franklins live; 27 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 144 people.

This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Beside Ghana this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Brazil, where 18 percent live.

Franklins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Franklins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Franklins surname declined 27 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Franklins Last Name Statistics demography

Franklins earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Franklins
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