The Franzen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,621 people carried this name — #6,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,436 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
335 people named Franzen live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 286 people named Franzen 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.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 88 people named Franzen 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 55 people named Franzen.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
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 the Nordic population registers
6,380 people named Franzen 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.
In print
Franzen in American newspapers,
1864–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,202 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Franzen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johan Nicolai Franzen 1808–1868 -
Christian Franzen 1864–1923 · photographer -
Christian Franzen 1864–1923 · photographer
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Adam Wilhelm Franzen 1718–1766 · university teacher
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Daniel Christian Franzen 1722–1786 · printer
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Christian Franzen 1845–1920 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Franzen.
- Franklin 120,621 · 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
- Franzetti 183 · U.S. census
- Franzi 214 · U.S. census
- Franzini 236 · U.S. census
- Franzoni 477 · U.S. census
- Frappier 988 · U.S. census
- Frare 102 · U.S. census
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