The Franke surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,375 people carried this name — #4,441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,600 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
1,048 people named Franke have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,611 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
431 people named Franke live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Franke.
47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Franke.
- Francoise 101 · U.S. census
- Francone 287 · U.S. census
- Francy 268 · U.S. census
- Franczak 394 · U.S. census
- Frand 154 · U.S. census
- Frank 65,918 · U.S. census
- Frankel 6,633 · U.S. census
- Frankhauser 227 · U.S. census
- Franklin 114,859 · U.S. census
- Frankowski 961 · U.S. census
- Frantz 12,252 · U.S. census
- Frantzen 620 · U.S. census
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