Franow Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Franow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Franow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Franow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Franow is borne by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Franow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Franow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Franow are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most widely held in Denmark, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 806,388. In Denmark it is most frequent in: Central Denmark Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Denmark this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frahnow9237/
Franov83331/
Franof831/
Franova77112/
Frangov77110/
Franhov7711/
Frasnov776/
Franoff771/
Frangof771/
Fraynov771/
Franovs771/
Franoft770/
Frangova71157/
Franhova719/
Frangoff715/
Fraynova714/
Fraunhof710/
Vranov6796/
Fronov6729/
Frenov6711/
Frannhoff670/
Frenaw670/
Fraunhoff670/
Fronova6228/
Vrajnov625/
Fronhof621/
Fraņova621/
Fronhoff5730/
Froonhof5719/
Fronoeff571/
Frohnhoff53253/
Fronhoffs53108/
Froonhoff536/
Freinhoff531/
Vronov508/
Frohnhoffs506/
Vrenov502/
Vranav502/

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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 Franow
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