Franklyn Surname

110,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Franklyn 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.

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Franklyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9991:362,82232,330
Barbados5071:567153
England3631:153,49314,593
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3111:36274
Trinidad and Tobago3051:4,472731
Nigeria2961:598,45528,689
Jamaica2651:10,8301,142
Dominican Republic2231:46,7842,447
Australia2031:132,98414,423
Canada1871:197,03519,314
New Zealand1391:32,5785,680
Grenada1241:875166
Wales461:67,2725,910
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Austria231:370,23639,193
India171:45,121,493474,784
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Saint Lucia111:16,2531,328
Panama111:355,6607,645
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Turks and Caicos Islands21:17,164627
Dominica21:37,946685
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:163,59314,057
Wales181:87,1343,963
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:374,76628,202

Franklyn (40,499) may also be a first name.

Franklyn 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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Franklyn: was much the same as the Freeman. From Chaucer’s account, he would seem to have been a house­holder in a comfortable position, a well-to-do yeoman: “Withouten bake-mete never was his house, Of fish and flesh, and that so plenteous.

It snowed in his hous of mete and drinke Of all deinties that men coud thinke.

After the sondry seasons of the yere So changed he his mete and his soupere.”

As a surname the appellation occurs frequently in the Hundred Rolls and Inquisitiones Post-Mortem, as Franklyn, Franckon, for Franch-homme, or simply as Franks. Our Francombs and Frankhams have the same origin.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Franklyn Last Name Facts

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

Franklyn occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Franklyn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Franklyn is the 110,769th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,737,198 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Franklyn are found; 42 percent are found in Caribbean and 37 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. Franklyn is also the 21,980th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 40,499 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 999 people, or 1 in 362,822. In The United States Franklyn is most numerous in: New York, where 30 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 61 countries. It is also found in Barbados, where 12 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Franklyn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Franklyn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 746 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 244 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 256 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Franklyn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Franklyn last name are 35.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.08% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Franklyn earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.74% less than the national average, earning R 140,820 per year; in United States they earn 0.39% less than the national average, earning $42,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning $45,887 CAD per year.

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Franklyn Reference & Research

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