The Franklin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 120,621 people carried this name — #251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,450 people counted. That is up 5% from 114,859 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 12 births for the Franklin name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Franklin 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 68 people named Franklin 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Franklin.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Aisne.
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.
In print
Franklin in American newspapers,
1856–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,903,453 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Franklin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Bedford Franklin d. 1960 · teacher
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Benjamin Franklin d. 1868 · politician
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Beatrice M. Franklin d. 1895 · painter
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Craig Franklin d. 2018 · Wikimedian in residence
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Richard Franklin d. 1845 · physician
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Connie Franklin d. 1932
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Franklin.
- Franczak 420 · U.S. census
- Frand 156 · U.S. census
- Frank 67,304 · U.S. census
- Franke 7,359 · U.S. census
- Frankel 7,253 · U.S. census
- Frankhauser 243 · U.S. census
- Frankowski 952 · U.S. census
- Frantz 12,079 · U.S. census
- Frantzen 692 · U.S. census
- Franz 11,462 · U.S. census
- Franza 285 · U.S. census
- Franzen 5,621 · U.S. census
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