Frank is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Israel, Italy, Germany, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Frank
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Israel, Italy, Germany, England
Meaning:

Frank is a variant form of the Franks. See Frank - The nursename Frank stands for Francis, Franciscus, and this may be in some instances the origin of the surname. Le Frank, however, appears in Hundred Rolls, and may mean either "the free," an enfranchised man; or a "Franc," by nation.

The nursename Frank stands for Francis, Franciscus, and this may be in some instances the origin of the surname. Le Frank, however, appears in Hundred Rolls, and may mean either "the free," an enfranchised man; or a "Franc," by nation.

One who came from Franconia, in central Germany; the free man; descendant of Frank meaning "free or courageous".

How popular is Frank?

Frank is common in Germany, United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Austria, Canada, Ghana, Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, Hungary, England, Switzerland, Brazil, Sweden, Israel, Poland, Australia, France, Angola, Czechia, Chad, Denmark, Togo, Netherlands, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Slovenia, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, Egypt, Kenya, Guyana, Vanuatu, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Ecuador, Romania, Botswana, Micronesia, Thailand, Grenada, Mexico, Spain, Ukraine, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Philippines, DR Congo, Nicaragua, Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, Solomon Islands, Slovakia, Morocco, Paraguay, Portugal, Scotland, Malaysia, Aruba, Indonesia, Singapore, Ireland, Uganda.

Frank is ranked 1414 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Frank bearers increased by 2.1 per cent in 2010 US census to 67304 since 2000, the surname slipped by 45 spots and ranked at 499. The last name was found in around 2 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.54 86.69
Black 7.96 7.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.78
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.23 2.1
Others 1.6 1.34
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.99 0.7
Frank is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Micronesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 380123 people have been found who wears Frank as their family name. Frank is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Frank:
55 Germany97,071
417 United States94,311
525 Nigeria44,550
195 Tanzania35,415
92 Malawi15,815
Countries with thousands of Frank:
846 Mozambique7,416
83 Austria7,060
879 Canada6,080
817 Ghana4,572
926 Argentina4,454
75 Papua New Guinea4,038
749 Rwanda3,721
1,574 Sudan3,360
2,185 South Africa3,119
403 Hungary2,859
2,830 England2,794
415 Switzerland2,596
3,207 Brazil2,511
386 Sweden2,451
579 Israel2,105
2,742 Poland2,067
1,926 Australia2,011
4,457 France1,827
1,826 Angola1,775
913 Czechia1,447
1,247 Chad1,444
355 Denmark1,425
1,020 Togo1,365
1,776 Netherlands1,361
469 Liberia1,209
1,778 Zimbabwe1,181
2,610 Sri Lanka1,096
Countries with hundreds of Frank:
372 Slovenia906
41,918 India775
339 Trinidad and Tobago683
15,749 Italy670
11,189 Egypt641
6,822 Kenya637
190 Guyana636
75 Vanuatu629
1,404 Dominican Republic485
1,864 New Zealand424
4,173 Ecuador415
6,158 Romania403
868 Botswana397
56 Micronesia389
30,050 Thailand385
48 Grenada368
7,471 Mexico346
10,671 Spain327
21,401 Ukraine295
2,751 Serbia290
14,774 Saudi Arabia278
7,040 Belgium267
53,740 Philippines235
28,591 DR Congo233
1,073 Nicaragua233
3,924 Croatia222
335 Luxembourg212
3,360 Norway205
304 Solomon Islands193
5,443 Slovakia173
34,956 Morocco170
1,446 Paraguay144
3,778 Portugal142
3,617 Scotland142
12,591 Malaysia136
114 Aruba125
76,813 Indonesia125
1,692 Singapore124
3,272 Ireland111
24,497 Uganda101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,264 Jamaica93
3,495 Wales88
7,910 Venezuela81
306 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
2,554 Panama73
7,410 Chile72
13,396 Peru72
8,744 Finland68
1,186 China64
12,280 Kyrgyzstan59
29,184 Japan57
12,592 Uzbekistan55
156,501 Russia51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,911 Lesotho50
17,478 Zambia50
35,110 Greece49
28,150 Pakistan46
360 Antigua and Barbuda44
11,429 Iraq42
9,282 Uruguay37
49,334 Cameroon31
82,750 Iran30
771 Saint Lucia30
3,050 Hong Kong29
14,967 Kuwait29
180 British Virgin Islands27
4,689 Suriname26
10,182 Ethiopia25
167 Liechtenstein24
1,021 Malta24
10,794 Estonia23
10,291 Bosnia and Herzegovina22
808 United States Virgin Islands21
56,702 Kazakhstan19
18,370 Bulgaria18
3,970 Oman16
5,372 Guatemala14
476 Saint Kitts and Nevis14
11,030 Taiwan14
820 Bermuda12
1,123 American Samoa11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
39,352 Ivory Coast10
2,904 Puerto Rico10
2,710 Vietnam10
5,469 Bahrain9
13,537 Bangladesh9
3,802 Madagascar9
11,625 Northern Ireland7
23,122 Afghanistan7
8,141 Cuba7
2,872 Jersey7
1,135 Marshall Islands7
1,243 South Korea7
51,006 United Arab Emirates7
5,462 Costa Rica6
16,645 Lebanon6
939 Northern Mariana Islands6
55,922 Qatar6
144,247 Turkey6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Frank was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on December 31, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Philadelphia from Liverpool. Herman Frank (2), James Frank, aged 30, Ann Frank, aged 30, Johanna Frank (30) Immigrant, 18 years old Jane Frank, W. Frank, aged 22, Carolin Frank, aged 29, are other Frank that migrated to US from London & Plymouth, Liverpool and Dublin.

From Italy

Basilio Frank worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 23 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Normandie and arrived on November 8, 1887. 38 years old Filippo Frank, 40 years old Francesco Frank, Clerk Jos. Frank, Cook Maria Frank, Nicloa Frank, aged 11, Pascale Frank, aged 42, 38 years old Pietro Frank, are others that migrated to US from Naples, Havre, Aspinwall, Panama and Genoa.

From Germany

Anna Frank from Germany aboard the Jane Morrison from Bremen on June 15, 1852. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA. 52 years old Catherine Frank, 22 years old Doroth. Frank, Farmer Joh. Frank, Farmer Samuel Frank, Elisab. Frank (26) Farmer, Geneviere Frank (49) Farmer, Farmer Joseph Frank, Karoline Frank (19) Dressmaker, and 4217 other Frank around 41.97% of whom were farmer while others worked as dressmaker and laborer, basket maker, butcher, mason, weaver, cultivator, shoemaker, baker, merchant, servant, tailor, daughter, instrument maker, undefined code, mechanic, watchmaker, gardener, joiner, smith, peddler, lender, blacksmith, brewer, saddler, drover, peasant, carpenter, tanner, cloth manufacturer, miller, clerk, tourist, coachman, locksmith, teacher, tinman, tradesman, cigar maker, seamstress, seaman, artist, economist, spinster, doctor of medicine, musician, cooper, barber, domestic, engineer, bookbinder, shepherd, hatter, miner, waiter, furrier, upholsterer, bricklayer, cook, putter, matron, private man, painter, gentleman, architect, goldsmith, glass worker, printer, dealer, turner, student, steward, chemist, jeweler, rope maker, hostler migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool and Havre.

Frank Namesakes

  • Bruno Frank, German author, poet, dramatist, and humanist
  • Philipp Frank, physicist
  • Paul Frank, American cartoonist, artist and fashion designer
  • Julius Frank, professor of history, geography and philosophy
  • Dale Frank, contemporary Australian artist best
  • Robert H. Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a Professor of Economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
  • Konstantin Frank, viticulturist and winemaker
  • Bernhard Frank, SS Commander of the Obersalzberg complex
  • Reinhold Frank, German lawyer
  • Henry Frank, American politician and businessman based
  • Claude Frank, German-born American pianist
  • Hilbourne Frank, politician from Antigua and Barbuda
  • Richard B. Frank, American lawyer and military historian
  • Bernard Frank, French journalist and writer
  • Fredric M. Frank, favourite scribe of Cecil B. deMille and worked with him on several of his epic productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s including 'Unconquered'
  • Leonhard Frank, German expressionist writer
  • Helmar Frank, German mathematician and pedagogist
  • Nino Frank, Italian-born French film critic and writer
  • Walter Frank, Nazi historian
  • Marco Frank, East German nordic combined skier
  • Joseph Frank, English amateur first-class cricketer,
  • Norman Frank, American public relations executive and politician
  • Nathan Frank, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Ray Frank, Jewish religious leader in the United States
  • Howard Frank, English estate agent and public servant
  • Gabriela Lena Frank, American pianist and composer of contemporary classical music
  • Jean-Michel Frank, French interior designer
  • Ilya Frank, Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
  • Andre Gunder Frank, German-American economic historian and sociologist
  • Justin A. Frank, former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center
  • Adolph Frank, German chemist, engineer, and businessman
  • Frederick Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist
  • Semyon Frank, Russian philosopher
  • Manfred Frank, German philosopher
  • Hans Frank, German war criminal and lawyer
  • Jacob Frank, 18th-century Jewish religious leader
  • Otto Frank, German businessman
  • Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker
  • Leo Frank, American factory superintendent
  • Jason David Frank, American actor, professional mixed martial artist
  • Gary Frank, British comics artist
  • Anne Frank, German-born diarist
  • Pamela Frank, American violinist
  • Sandy Frank, American television producer, distributor
  • Pat Frank,
  • Sidney Frank, American businessman and philanthropist
  • Thomas Frank, American political analyst, historian
  • Antoinette Frank, former New Orleans police officer who, on March 4
  • Hannah Frank, artist and sculptor from Glasgow, Scotland
  • Karl Hermann Frank, prominent Sudeten German Nazi official
  • Margot Frank, eldest daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank and the elder sister of Anne Frank
  • Lisa Frank, American businesswoman
  • Lawrence Frank, American basketball coach
  • Malcolm Frank, former Canadian Football League defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos
  • Edith Frank, mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank
  • Jackson C. Frank, American folk musician
  • Clint Frank, American football player and advertising executive

Frank Namesakes

  • Bruno Frank, German author, poet, dramatist, and humanist
  • Philipp Frank, physicist
  • Paul Frank, American cartoonist, artist and fashion designer
  • Julius Frank, professor of history, geography and philosophy
  • Dale Frank, contemporary Australian artist best
  • Robert H. Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a Professor of Economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
  • Konstantin Frank, viticulturist and winemaker
  • Bernhard Frank, SS Commander of the Obersalzberg complex
  • Reinhold Frank, German lawyer
  • Henry Frank, American politician and businessman based
  • Claude Frank, German-born American pianist
  • Hilbourne Frank, politician from Antigua and Barbuda
  • Richard B. Frank, American lawyer and military historian
  • Bernard Frank, French journalist and writer
  • Fredric M. Frank, favourite scribe of Cecil B. deMille and worked with him on several of his epic productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s including 'Unconquered'
  • Leonhard Frank, German expressionist writer
  • Helmar Frank, German mathematician and pedagogist
  • Nino Frank, Italian-born French film critic and writer
  • Walter Frank, Nazi historian
  • Marco Frank, East German nordic combined skier
  • Joseph Frank, English amateur first-class cricketer,
  • Norman Frank, American public relations executive and politician
  • Nathan Frank, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Ray Frank, Jewish religious leader in the United States
  • Howard Frank, English estate agent and public servant
  • Gabriela Lena Frank, American pianist and composer of contemporary classical music
  • Jean-Michel Frank, French interior designer
  • Ilya Frank, Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
  • Andre Gunder Frank, German-American economic historian and sociologist
  • Justin A. Frank, former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center
  • Adolph Frank, German chemist, engineer, and businessman
  • Frederick Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist
  • Semyon Frank, Russian philosopher
  • Manfred Frank, German philosopher
  • Hans Frank, German war criminal and lawyer
  • Jacob Frank, 18th-century Jewish religious leader
  • Otto Frank, German businessman
  • Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker
  • Leo Frank, American factory superintendent
  • Jason David Frank, American actor, professional mixed martial artist
  • Gary Frank, British comics artist
  • Anne Frank, German-born diarist
  • Pamela Frank, American violinist
  • Sandy Frank, American television producer, distributor
  • Pat Frank,
  • Sidney Frank, American businessman and philanthropist
  • Thomas Frank, American political analyst, historian
  • Antoinette Frank, former New Orleans police officer who, on March 4
  • Hannah Frank, artist and sculptor from Glasgow, Scotland
  • Karl Hermann Frank, prominent Sudeten German Nazi official
  • Margot Frank, eldest daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank and the elder sister of Anne Frank
  • Lisa Frank, American businesswoman
  • Lawrence Frank, American basketball coach
  • Malcolm Frank, former Canadian Football League defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos
  • Edith Frank, mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank
  • Jackson C. Frank, American folk musician
  • Clint Frank, American football player and advertising executive

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