The Franck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,838 people carried this name — #8,581 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,303 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,651 people named Franck live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,544 people named Franck.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 491 people named Franck live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
124 people named Franck live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
576 people named Franck are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Franck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sebastian Franck 1499–1542 · writer -
Paolo Fiammingo 1540–1596 · painter -
Kathrina Franck d. 1599 · hospital
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Matthäus Franck d. 1568 · printer
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Jan Franck d. 2010 · painter
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Alfons Franck d. 1989 · chess player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Franck.
- Francillon 268 · U.S. census
- Francini 213 · U.S. census
- Francioni 184 · U.S. census
- Francis 78,327 · U.S. census
- Francisco 24,095 · U.S. census
- Francisque 173 · U.S. census
- Francke 551 · U.S. census
- Franco 69,943 · U.S. census
- Francoeur 1,445 · U.S. census
- Francois 14,593 · U.S. census
- Francoise 101 · U.S. census
- Francone 319 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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