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

Franks (Arabic: فرانكس, Marathi: ान्क्स, Russian: Франкс) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 9,942^nd most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 128,678 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Franks are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Franks is also the 258,519^th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 972 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 39,863 people, or 1 in 9,093. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States Franks is found in 95 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Franks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Franks has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 821 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 225 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,109 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 346 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 138 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Franks Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (57%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Franks surname are 16.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.88% being registered with the political party.

The amount Franks earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 61.67% more than the national average, earning 559,522 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 72.58% more than the national average, earning R 410,124 per year; in United States they earn 5.47% less than the national average, earning $40,789 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.46% more than the national average, earning $51,401 CAD per year.